Partition Problem

jobasco · 2025-08-25 10:20

Hi, i am having some problems with installing Q4OS Trinity.
The things is anytime i chose manual partition then boot selection screen will be stucked on wireless card and i can't chang it.
Untill i chose errase everything and let the installer chose it's own partition scheme.
I don't know if it's got something to do with my partition sheme.
This is my partition scheme:
/ root = 100gb
swap = 8gb
then the rest goes to home it's a 320gb ssd drive.

System:
Kernel: 6.1.0-38-amd64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0
Desktop: Trinity v: R14.1.1 tk: Qt v: 3.5.0 info: kicker wm: Twin v: 3.0
vt: 7 dm: 1: TDM 2: XDM Distro: Q4OS 5.8.1-n1 base: Debian GNU/Linux 12
(bookworm)
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: FUJITSU product: LIFEBOOK A531 v: N/A
serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 9 serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: FUJITSU model: FJNBB0F serial: <superuser required>
UEFI-[Legacy]: FUJITSU // Phoenix v: 1.32 date: 10/01/2018
Battery:
ID-1: BAT1 charge: 23.6 Wh (99.2%) condition: 23.8/47.5 Wh (50.2%)
volts: 12.1 min: 10.8 model: SIMPLO AS10B7E type: Li-ion serial: <filter>
status: not charging
CPU:
Info: dual core model: Intel Core i5-2410M bits: 64 type: MT MCP
smt: enabled arch: Sandy Bridge rev: 7 cache: L1: 128 KiB L2: 512 KiB
L3: 3 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 873 high: 932 min/max: 800/2900 cores: 1: 800 2: 863
3: 900 4: 932 bogomips: 18358
Flags: avx ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics
vendor: Fujitsu driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-6 ports: active: LVDS-1
empty: DP-1,HDMI-A-1,VGA-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:0116
class-ID: 0300
Device-2: Chicony Fujitsu Integrated Camera type: USB driver: uvcvideo
bus-ID: 1-1.3:3 chip-ID: 04f2:b213 class-ID: 0e02
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.9 driver: X:
loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa dri: crocus gpu: i915
display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1366x768 s-dpi: 101 s-size: 343x193mm (13.50x7.60")
s-diag: 394mm (15.49")
Monitor-1: LVDS-1 model: LG Display 0x02e3 res: 1366x768 hz: 60 dpi: 101
size: 344x194mm (13.54x7.64") diag: 395mm (15.5") modes: 1366x768
API: OpenGL v: 3.3 Mesa 22.3.6 renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 3000 (SNB
GT2) direct-render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel 6 Series/C200 Series Family High Definition Audio
vendor: Fujitsu . 6 driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
chip-ID: 8086:1c20 class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.1.0-38-amd64 status: kernel-api
Server-1: PipeWire v: 0.3.65 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active
Server-2: PulseAudio v: 16.1 status: off (using pipewire-pulse)
Network:
Device-1: Intel Centrino Wireless-N 1030 [Rainbow Peak] driver: iwlwifi
v: kernel pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:008a
class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp1s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: Fujitsu . RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie:
speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 2000 bus-ID: 07:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168
class-ID: 0200
IF: enp7s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6230 Bluetooth adapter type: USB
driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 2-1.4:6 chip-ID: 8086:0189 class-ID: e001
Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 2.0
lmp-v: 3.0 sub-v: fc00 hci-v: 3.0 rev: 1b07
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 356.68 GiB used: 15.98 GiB (4.5%)
ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Seagate model: ST320LT020-9YG142 size: 298.09 GiB
speed: 3.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter> rev: SDM1 scheme: MBR
ID-2: /dev/sdb type: USB model: N/A size: 58.59 GiB type: N/A
serial: <filter> rev: 2.00 scheme: MBR
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 283.68 GiB used: 15.98 GiB (5.6%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1
Swap:
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 8.8 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
dev: /dev/sda2
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 56.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A

Info:
Processes: 230 Uptime: 19m wakeups: 1 Memory: 5.7 GiB used: 1.84 GiB (32.2%)
Init: systemd v: 252 target: graphical (5) default: graphical Compilers: N/A
Shell: Bash v: 5.2.15 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.26

I was using Q4OS before and i never encountered is problem but i was using another laptop packard bell mb65.
the scrren went blank so went for this laptop and i chose my own partition scheme.
if someone can recomend the best partition scheme to use i will be very happy.
Thank you.

hchiper · 2025-08-25 11:33

jobasco wrote:

The things is anytime i chose manual partition then boot selection screen will be stucked on wireless card and i can't chang it.

Do you mean that the installation completes successfully and you are stuck after reboot (there is no "boot selection" screen in the installer)?
What does your screen look like at that moment? Any error message? Can you post a screenshot or a picture?
What media did you use to install and where did you get it from?

jobasco wrote:

Untill i chose errase everything and let the installer chose it's own partition scheme.
I don't know if it's got something to do with my partition sheme.

Very strange your wireless card behaves differently according to your partition scheme. Maybe an intermittent failure of your wireless card.
Try to create an USB with a live media (choose that on the download page) boot it, and test if your wireless card is working.

jobasco wrote:

This is my partition scheme:
/ root = 100gb
swap = 8gb
then the rest goes to home it's a 320gb ssd drive.
(...)
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 356.68 GiB used: 15.98 GiB (4.5%)
ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Seagate model: ST320LT020-9YG142 size: 298.09 GiB
speed: 3.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter> rev: SDM1 scheme: MBR
ID-2: /dev/sdb type: USB model: N/A size: 58.59 GiB type: N/A
serial: <filter> rev: 2.00 scheme: MBR
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 283.68 GiB used: 15.98 GiB (5.6%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1
Swap:
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 8.8 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
dev: /dev/sda2

You have only 2 partitions on your internal drive: sda1 mounted on / and sda2 as a swap partition; you don't have a 3rd partition mounted on /home.
You also have an USB drive, which seems not mounted.

Last edited by hchiper (2025-08-25 11:35)

jobasco · 2025-08-25 13:07

hchiper wrote:

Do you mean that the installation completes successfully and you are stuck after reboot (there is no "boot selection" screen in the installer)?
What does your screen look like at that moment? Any error message? Can you post a screenshot or a picture?
What media did you use to install and where did you get it from?

Thank you for the quick response.
1) The installation completes succesfully and stuck at reboot (there's boot selection but it doesn't change)" it wants to boot from wireless card"
i can change tab and switch to bios and chose to boot from ssd but still does't work. Still stuck on wireless card.
This happends only if i chose to manually create my own partition scheme.

2) I can't get a screenshot since i choose errase everything and let the installer to create the partition in that case everything works very fine, so right now i am using the laptop.

3) I downloaded the media from Q40S website and used rufus to write/burn iso file to my usd drive.

jobasco wrote:

This is my partition scheme:
/ root = 100gb
swap = 8gb
then the rest goes to home it's a 320gb ssd drive.

This is the partition i wanted to create.

hchiper wrote:

You have only 2 partitions on your internal drive: sda1 mounted on / and sda2 as a swap partition; you don't have a 3rd partition mounted on /home.
You also have an USB drive, which seems not mounted.

this is because i choose errase everthing durring my current installation and let the installer to creat the said partitions.
Hope you understand me.

hchiper · 2025-08-25 13:43

Deleted: bin gave the solution in post #8.

Last edited by hchiper (2025-08-27 09:05)

bin · 2025-08-25 16:09

@hchiper OP inxi data suggests the BIOS is set to UEFI, but the partition table under discussion is a legacy layout.

hchiper · 2025-08-25 21:10

@bin - You are right. If you think the procedure I have proposed is not appropriate, please feel free to correct me.

jobasco · 2025-08-26 10:05

Thanks to each and everyone, i have try everything possible but it didn't work so i am sticking to errase everything and let the installer decide the partition scheme.

bin · 2025-08-27 07:26

The important bit here is that the drive Partition table has to be in line with the BIOS Boot settings.
Your BIOS is set to UEFI boot.
Therefore your Partition table needs to be GPT, not Legacy.

PLEASE NOTE THIS WILL ERASE THE WHOLE DRIVE.

So, when you get to the Partitions section of the install, use the Manual Partitioning option>Next
On the partitoning screen click New Partition Table (bottom left) and select GPT - all the drive entries will go blank
Click Create>Change the size to 1000 MiB - File System>fat32 - Mount Point /boot/efi - Flags>boot>OK. This will be your boot efi boot area.
You're back at the partition table.
Click Create>Change the size to 40000 MiB - File System>ext4 - Mount Point / - OK. This will be your root partition, you can go larger if you wish but I wouldn't.
You're back at the partition table.
Click Create>Change the size to 8000 MiB - File system>linuxswap - OK
You're back at the partition table.
Click Create>Leave the size as whatever is left - File System>ext4 - Mount Point /home - OK. This will be your home data partition.
Click Next and proceed with the install.

hchiper · 2025-08-27 09:09

Thanks @bin for the explanation.

jobasco · 2025-08-27 22:48

Thanks @bin i will try it and get back to you.

jobasco · 2025-08-28 19:38

@bin still didn't work. The laptop is always started with a bios boot environment even though it's uefi, this is according to the installer and durring partition. So I think that might cause the problems.

bin · 2025-08-29 06:36

Well I can only suggest you access your BIOS and see what options it offers.
In some cases it will be UEFI and Legacy with UEFI as priority. There may be other combinations.
If it allows you to set to UEFI ONLY then I would try that - Oh and make sure Secure Boot is OFF.
If you cannot sort it via BIOS then switch BIOS to Legacy Boot and when creating the partition table just choose Legacy BIOS instead.
In that case you will not need the 1000 MiB partition to start with, but the Root partition / will need the Boot checkbox ticked.
What will happen is that when you go from the partition screen to the next - user setup - you'll get a warning about needing GPT. Just cancel that, the fact that you are doing manual partition over-rides it. Interestingly if you are using auto partition setup it will try to set you as UEFI/GPT, and if your machine doesn't like that it would explain the original problem. It's one reason why I never ever allow automatic partition.

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