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====== Information ======

  * Various partitioning layouts
  * Tailored for [[linux;notes;arch_linux_install|Arch Linux Install]]

====== GPT, EFI, No LVM, No Encryption ======

  * 512.0 MiB **ef00** EFI System
  * [remaining] **8300** Linux filesystem

===== gdisk =====

  * n (create new partition)
  * 1 (partition number)
  * Enter (use default first sector)
  * +512MiB (last sector)
  * ef00 (EFI System partition type)

  * n (create new partition)
  * 2 (partition number)
  * Enter (use default first sector)
  * Enter (use default last sector)
  * 8300 (Linux filesystem partition type)

  * p (verify two partitions):
    * 1 512.0 MiB EF00 EFI System
    * 2 (remaining space) 8300 Linux filesystem

  * w (write changes to disk; confirm with y)

  gdisk '/dev/sda'

===== Format =====

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  mkfs.fat -F32 '/dev/sda1'

==== XFS ====

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  mkfs.xfs '/dev/sda2'

==== F2FS ====

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  mkfs.f2fs '/dev/sda2'

===== Mount =====

  mount '/dev/sda2' '/mnt'

  mkdir -p '/mnt/boot'

  mount '/dev/sda1' '/mnt/boot'

====== GPT, EFI, LVM ======

  * 512.0 MiB **ef00** EFI System
  * [remaining] **8e00** Linux LVM

===== gdisk =====

  * n (create new partition)
  * 1 (partition number)
  * Enter (use default first sector)
  * +512MiB (last sector)
  * ef00 (EFI System partition type)

  * n (create new partition)
  * 2 (partition number)
  * Enter (use default first sector)
  * Enter (use default last sector)
  * 8e00 (Linux LVM partition type)

  * p (verify two partitions):
    * 1 512.0 MiB EF00 EFI System
    * 2 (remaining space) 8E00 Linux LVM

  * w (write changes to disk; confirm with y)

  gdisk '/dev/sda'

===== LVM =====

==== Encrypted ====

  cryptsetup -v -c 'aes-xts-plain64' -s '512' -h 'sha512' -i '5000' --use-random luksFormat '/dev/sda2'

  cryptsetup luksOpen '/dev/sda2' 'lvm'

  pvcreate '/dev/mapper/lvm'

  vgcreate 'arch' '/dev/mapper/lvm'

  lvcreate -l 100%FREE 'arch' -n 'root'

==== Unencrypted ====

  * TODO: Verify why this is ''sda2'' instead of ''lvm'' ((sda2 does work though))

  pvcreate '/dev/mapper/sda2'

  vgcreate 'arch' '/dev/mapper/sda2'

  lvcreate -l 100%FREE 'arch' -n 'root'

===== Format =====

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  mkfs.fat -F32 '/dev/sda1'

==== XFS ====

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  mkfs.xfs '/dev/mapper/arch-root'

==== F2FS ====

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  mkfs.f2fs '/dev/mapper/arch-root'

===== Mount =====

  mount '/dev/mapper/arch-root' '/mnt'

  mkdir -p '/mnt/boot'

  mount '/dev/sda1' '/mnt/boot'

====== MBR, BIOS, No LVM, No Encryption ======

===== fdisk =====

  * n (create new partition)
  * p (primary partition type)
  * 1 (partition number)
  * Enter (use default first sector)
  * Enter (use default last sector)

  * p (verify one partition):
    * /dev/sda1 (rest) 83 Linux

  * w (write changes to disk)

  fdisk '/dev/sda'

===== Format =====

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  mkfs.xfs '/dev/sda1'

===== Mount =====

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  mount '/dev/sda1' '/mnt'