Gparted Question [SOLVED]

[Keith2021]

I don't have a problem but just a question...How is this possible, look at the picture, there is no boot partition or any other partitions Just the ext4.
Here is my specs. I am using the laptop now to ask this question, what am I missing?
I used gparted in Linux Mint 19.3 XFCE 32 bit and I checked it from gparted that I used at bootup on a thump drive. Both show the same. Any comments?

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System:    Host: acer-Aspire-one Kernel: 4.15.0-54-generic i686 bits: 32 compiler: gcc v: 7.4.0 
           Desktop: Xfce 4.14.1 tk: Gtk 3.22.30 wm: xfwm4 dm: LightDM 
           Distro: Linux Mint 19.3 Tricia base: Ubuntu 18.04 bionic 
Machine:   Type: Other-vm? System: Acer product: Aspire one v: V1.09 serial: <filter> 
           Mobo: Acer model: Aspire one v: V1.09 serial: <filter> BIOS: Acer v: 1.09 
           date: 06/04/2009 
Battery:   ID-1: BAT0 charge: 59.4 Wh condition: 59.4/62.6 Wh (95%) volts: 12.5/10.8 
           model: PANASONIC UM08B52 serial: N/A status: Full 
           Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech M570 serial: <filter> charge: 70% 
           status: Discharging 
CPU:       Topology: Single Core model: Intel Atom N270 bits: 32 type: MT arch: Bonnell rev: 2 
           L2 cache: 512 KiB 
           flags: nx pae sse sse2 sse3 ssse3 bogomips: 6383 
           Speed: 1593 MHz min/max: 800/1600 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1593 2: 1590 
Graphics:  Device-1: Intel Mobile 945GSE Express Integrated Graphics vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI 
           driver: i915 v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0 chip ID: 8086:27ae 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.19.6 driver: intel unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa 
           resolution: 1024x600~60Hz 
           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel 945GME x86/MMX/SSE2 v: 1.4 Mesa 19.0.2 
           direct render: Yes 
Audio:     Device-1: Intel NM10/ICH7 Family High Definition Audio vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI 
           driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:1b.0 chip ID: 8086:27d8 
           Sound Server: ALSA v: k4.15.0-54-generic 
Network:   Device-1: Qualcomm Atheros AR242x / AR542x Wireless Network Adapter vendor: Foxconn 
           driver: ath5k v: kernel port: 5000 bus ID: 01:00.0 chip ID: 168c:001c 
           IF: wls1 state: up mac: <filter> 
           Device-2: Qualcomm Atheros AR8121/AR8113/AR8114 Gigabit or Fast Ethernet 
           vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: ATL1E v: N/A port: 1000 bus ID: 03:00.0 
           chip ID: 1969:1026 
           IF: enp3s0 state: down mac: <filter> 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 223.57 GiB used: 8.53 GiB (3.8%) 
           ID-1: /dev/sda model: Acer SSD SA100 240GB size: 223.57 GiB speed: 1.5 Gb/s 
           serial: <filter> 
Partition: ID-1: / size: 71.48 GiB used: 8.53 GiB (11.9%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1 
USB:       Hub: 1-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 8 rev: 2.0 chip ID: 1d6b:0002 
           Device-1: 1-2:2 info: Microdia Sonix USB 2.0 Camera type: Video driver: uvcvideo 
           rev: 2.0 chip ID: 0c45:62c0 
           Hub: 2-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 2 rev: 1.1 chip ID: 1d6b:0001 
           Hub: 3-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 2 rev: 1.1 chip ID: 1d6b:0001 
           Device-2: 3-1:2 info: Logitech Unifying Receiver type: Keyboard,Mouse,HID 
           driver: logitech-djreceiver,usbhid rev: 2.0 chip ID: 046d:c52b 
           Hub: 4-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 2 rev: 1.1 chip ID: 1d6b:0001 
           Hub: 5-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 2 rev: 1.1 chip ID: 1d6b:0001 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 26.8 C mobo: N/A 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A 
Repos:     No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list 
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list 
           1: deb http: //packages.linuxmint.com tricia main upstream import backport #id:linuxmint_main
           2: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic main restricted universe multiverse
           3: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates main restricted universe multiverse
           4: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-backports main restricted universe multiverse
           5: deb http: //security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-security main restricted universe multiverse
           6: deb http: //archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ bionic partner
Info:      Processes: 156 Uptime: 5m Memory: 1.96 GiB used: 286.5 MiB (14.3%) Init: systemd v: 237 
           runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 7.5.0 alt: 7 Client: Unknown python3.6 client inxi: 3.0.32 

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[Pierre]

Yeah . . that would be correct . .

the one single partition, on an 32bit system, with all partitions now in an sub-folder of /root

even the swap-file in now under the same /root folder.


some of us, do still like the old way, of using separate partitions, though.
- which would still have to be pre-setup, each time.

this new method, is easier for the installer to use.

[ricardogroetaers]

How is this possible, look at the picture, there is no boot partition or any other partitions Just the ext4.

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Machine:   BIOS: Acer v: 1.09  date: 06/04/2009 

Clearer than spring water.
BIOS Machine.
MBR partitioning.
Partition active (boot flag).

[Keith2021]

I don't use 32 bit that much and never paid any attention to that. I installed a new SSD Acer 250gib drive and Mint and it runs like a new computer but I don't like that I can't run the new programs but for a $15.00 upgrade what can I argue about?
Thanks for the info, I'll remember that.

[ricardogroetaers]

Observation:
The partitioning scheme used (single partition) is related to:
- BIOS machine
- MBR partitioning
- activating (boot flag) on the system partition is only necessary if the core of the Boot Manager (grub) is installed on it. If grub is installed on the disk (not on the partition) there is no need to activate the partition.

It has nothing to do with whether the system or processor is 32 or 64 bit.

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