@W-ExitGunter
sorry to bother you again mate.
No problem, happy to try to help provided it is understood that this can only be general advice about process and not a discussion of unsupported OS etc..
First, ensure any important data has been saved somewhere safe before proceeding.
Then you need to decide what you want to do. Here are some choices, one of them may be right for you.
If not, let us know exactly what you want.
1) Simplest - Do Nothing.
Your system boots ok from the SSD and there is plenty of disk space to not worry about the partitioning.
Changing the BIOS boot order to promote the SSD to the top of the list would improve the boot time.
2) Still simple - wipe the disk and start again with no special partitioning.
Normally this will be the 'Erase Disk and Install Linux' choice. Many people do it this way without a problem, but because you have untidy partitioning in place, it is possible the installer may struggle and it will be more predictable if the partitions are cleared before invoking the installer. To do this, it is necessary to boot from the Live media and use Gparted to delete any partitions you find and then install a fresh system onto the blank disk.
This will allow the OS installer of the distro you select to use the whole disk for the OS and your data.
3) Complex - wipe the disk as option 2 but re-partition it before installing the OS.
This allows the OS and your data to exist on different partitions of the same disk.
Keeping OS and data separate may have some advantages. This would require the 'Something Else' choice. It is easy to make an error here.
4) Most complex - Try to tidy up the partitioning without re-installing.
I can't see any benefit in trying this unless options 1,2 or 3 are impractical.
If I understand correct I can “delete“sda7 and sda6 (both ext4) ??
which should leave sda2 (extended) intact ??
Or do I need to format sda2 as ext4 (??)
here it comes, my I don't know what to do.
will sda2 still be available (for data storage) after deleting sda6 and sda7 ??
in other words: Deleting sda6 and ada7 will create free, unused space ??
Which i can assign to sda2 ??
I would imagine the actual LL-Sys (booting with no USB) resides on sda1 (ext4) ??
I think these questions are relevant with option 4 which is not recommended unless you can really justify the time and effort required.
Or was it better to do a complete re-install (trying to recollect the complete SSD) ??
Meaning: Delete sda1 as well ??
Yes, this would be option 2 (or maybe option 3)
If so YES, how would I force this after the USB - boot ??
I am asking, because I tried this before and ended with the mess I am currently facing.
Boot from the Live USB, use gparted to clean the disk up and then install the supported OS to the clean disk.
If all goes well, it will install the OS correctly. It is hard to guess how you have ended up with the partition set up you have, maybe you did it via the 'Something Else' option
Please note: The grandpa never stored his data on the Sys-Boot device (even so it was partitions on the same HD only)
which saved my life more than once !!
I think this would be option 3 if I understand correctly.
steve
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