Solved - new installation - create / home partition

[Olmong Gooz]

@Kaitchaman

Goodness. What country are you located in?

Third world.
"Things are tough all over."
Cheech Marin, 'Up In Smoke'

[Olmong Gooz]

You don't need a boot partition and I would double the size of your / partition.

Legacy boot on a 240GB SSD:
Screenshot from 2021-07-31 13-21-38.png

I see your point, Andy, but I have done it now using the smaller / partition.

[Olmong Gooz]

You don't need a boot partition and I would double the size of your / partition.

Legacy boot on a 240GB SSD:
Screenshot from 2021-07-31 13-21-38.png

I see your point, Andy, but I have done it now using the smaller / partition.

[Olmong Gooz]

Thank you to the forum. My machine is running with the 'broken' configuration 'table' (atchu, Kadaitchaman. .)
I have had fun!
How does one mark a topic as 'closed?'

[mikeflan]

To mark as this solved, go to your original 1st post (top of topic), click the edit pencil, add [Solved] at the beginning of the title and click Submit. Good luck.

[Olmong Gooz]

and I would double the size of your / partition.

Andy, after trying out my configuration, I soon saw the merit in your advice to double the root partition. I went back with a live USB and using parted I resized the / system partition at the expense of the /home data partition. It amazed me how fast new application files can use up the system partition.
So...a hearty and cheerful thanks!

[Olmong Gooz]

Thanks, Mike in Houston for how to mark it closed.

[AndyMH]

It amazed me how fast new application files can use up the system partition.

Just be grateful that this is linux and not windows where applications are more space hungry.