08-06-2020, 02:31 PM
Here is output form sudo fdisk -1 for Ext HDD
Disk /dev/sdb: 931.5 GiB, 1000170586112 bytes, 1953458176 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x6416a379
Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type
/dev/sdb2 * 2046 172584959 172582914 82.3G f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sdb3 172584960 1953458175 1780873216 849.2G 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sdb5 72589312 104042436 31453125 15G 83 Linux
/dev/sdb6 104042496 172584959 68542464 32.7G 83 Linux
/dev/sdb7 2048 72589311 72587264 34.6G 83 Linux
Do not remember putting boot on sdb2.
sdb5 = backup place for timeshift
sdb6 = /
sdb7 = /home
Sometime within the last few weeks, I made a live USB of mint cinnamon 19.3 using Unetbootin. I installed that entirely on the / partition and did not create a /home partition and had not yet created a backup partition. I wanted to see if copying some of the files from my old home directory would work in the mint install home folder. Did not seem to work, so I axed that project and timeshifted back to 4.8. The mint install did not have any issues booting up.
Disk /dev/sdb: 931.5 GiB, 1000170586112 bytes, 1953458176 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x6416a379
Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type
/dev/sdb2 * 2046 172584959 172582914 82.3G f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sdb3 172584960 1953458175 1780873216 849.2G 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sdb5 72589312 104042436 31453125 15G 83 Linux
/dev/sdb6 104042496 172584959 68542464 32.7G 83 Linux
/dev/sdb7 2048 72589311 72587264 34.6G 83 Linux
Do not remember putting boot on sdb2.
sdb5 = backup place for timeshift
sdb6 = /
sdb7 = /home
Sometime within the last few weeks, I made a live USB of mint cinnamon 19.3 using Unetbootin. I installed that entirely on the / partition and did not create a /home partition and had not yet created a backup partition. I wanted to see if copying some of the files from my old home directory would work in the mint install home folder. Did not seem to work, so I axed that project and timeshifted back to 4.8. The mint install did not have any issues booting up.