So, I'm new to partitioning and recently I installed ubuntu 13.10. I followed several online tutorials on how to create disk partitions effectively and all of them said that after ubuntu is done installing, I should have three partitions - home, swap and root. I installed GParted and saw that I only have two partitions - boot and ubuntu-vg, which is a part of an extended partition. My question is is ubuntu-vg a replacement for mentioned partitions? If I will want to, say, dual boot ubuntu with windows in sooner future, is it dangerous to resize it or mess with it in any other way? Thanks in advance :D
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So, I'm new to partitioning and recently I installed ubuntu 13.10. I followed several online tutorials on how to create disk partitions effectively and all of them said that after ubuntu is done installing, I should have three partitions - home, swap and root. I installed GParted and saw that I only have two partitions - boot and ubuntu-vg, which is a part of an extended partition. My question is is ubuntu-vg a replacement for mentioned partitions? If I will want to, say, dual boot ubuntu with windows in sooner future, is it dangerous to resize it or mess with it in any other way? Thanks in advance :D
partitioning gparted
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So, I'm new to partitioning and recently I installed ubuntu 13.10. I followed several online tutorials on how to create disk partitions effectively and all of them said that after ubuntu is done installing, I should have three partitions - home, swap and root. I installed GParted and saw that I only have two partitions - boot and ubuntu-vg, which is a part of an extended partition. My question is is ubuntu-vg a replacement for mentioned partitions? If I will want to, say, dual boot ubuntu with windows in sooner future, is it dangerous to resize it or mess with it in any other way? Thanks in advance :D
partitioning gparted
asked Dec 9 '13 at 18:48
AureusAureus
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So, I'm new to partitioning and recently I installed ubuntu 13.10. I followed several online tutorials on how to create disk partitions effectively and all of them said that after ubuntu is done installing, I should have three partitions - home, swap and root. I installed GParted and saw that I only have two partitions - boot and ubuntu-vg, which is a part of an extended partition. My question is is ubuntu-vg a replacement for mentioned partitions? If I will want to, say, dual boot ubuntu with windows in sooner future, is it dangerous to resize it or mess with it in any other way? Thanks in advance :D
partitioning gparted
partitioning gparted
asked Dec 9 '13 at 18:48
AureusAureus
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asked Dec 9 '13 at 18:48
AureusAureus
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asked Dec 9 '13 at 18:48
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asked Dec 9 '13 at 18:48
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'vg' is a Volume Group, used in Logical Volume Management https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lvm and not needed for simple installations. However, there's nothing wrong with it, per se, and should you go dual-boot later, it will be no more problematic than standard partitioning.
answered Dec 9 '13 at 19:01
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Ok, so the files that would usually be stored in root/home/swap are all in the -vg partition?
– Aureus
Dec 9 '13 at 19:06
Yes, that's what's going on.
– K7AAY
Dec 9 '13 at 19:09
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'vg' is a Volume Group, used in Logical Volume Management https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lvm and not needed for simple installations. However, there's nothing wrong with it, per se, and should you go dual-boot later, it will be no more problematic than standard partitioning.
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Ok, so the files that would usually be stored in root/home/swap are all in the -vg partition?
– Aureus
Dec 9 '13 at 19:06
Yes, that's what's going on.
– K7AAY
Dec 9 '13 at 19:09
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'vg' is a Volume Group, used in Logical Volume Management https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lvm and not needed for simple installations. However, there's nothing wrong with it, per se, and should you go dual-boot later, it will be no more problematic than standard partitioning.
answered Dec 9 '13 at 19:01
K7AAYK7AAY
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Ok, so the files that would usually be stored in root/home/swap are all in the -vg partition?
– Aureus
Dec 9 '13 at 19:06
Yes, that's what's going on.
– K7AAY
Dec 9 '13 at 19:09
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'vg' is a Volume Group, used in Logical Volume Management https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lvm and not needed for simple installations. However, there's nothing wrong with it, per se, and should you go dual-boot later, it will be no more problematic than standard partitioning.
answered Dec 9 '13 at 19:01
K7AAYK7AAY
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'vg' is a Volume Group, used in Logical Volume Management https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lvm and not needed for simple installations. However, there's nothing wrong with it, per se, and should you go dual-boot later, it will be no more problematic than standard partitioning.
answered Dec 9 '13 at 19:01
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Ok, so the files that would usually be stored in root/home/swap are all in the -vg partition?
– Aureus
Dec 9 '13 at 19:06
Yes, that's what's going on.
– K7AAY
Dec 9 '13 at 19:09
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Ok, so the files that would usually be stored in root/home/swap are all in the -vg partition?
– Aureus
Dec 9 '13 at 19:06
Yes, that's what's going on.
– K7AAY
Dec 9 '13 at 19:09
Ok, so the files that would usually be stored in root/home/swap are all in the -vg partition?
– Aureus
Dec 9 '13 at 19:06
Ok, so the files that would usually be stored in root/home/swap are all in the -vg partition?
– Aureus
Dec 9 '13 at 19:06
Yes, that's what's going on.
– K7AAY
Dec 9 '13 at 19:09
Yes, that's what's going on.
– K7AAY
Dec 9 '13 at 19:09
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