diff --git a/installing/custom-install.md b/installing/custom-install.md index d1a19752..b21b2ecb 100644 --- a/installing/custom-install.md +++ b/installing/custom-install.md @@ -9,15 +9,14 @@ redirect_from: Custom Installation =================== -In the present context, "custom installation" refers to things like manual -partitioning, setting up LVM and RAID, and manual LUKS encryption configuration. +In the present context, "custom installation" refers to things like manual partitioning, setting up LVM and RAID, and manual LUKS encryption configuration. ## Qubes 4.0 ### Installer Defaults -For reference, these are the typical defaults for a single disk: +For reference, these are the typical defaults for a single disk with legacy boot: ~~~ Mount Point: /boot @@ -34,7 +33,7 @@ File System: ext4 Name: root Mount Point: (none) -Desired Capacity: 15.37 GiB +Desired Capacity: 10 GiB Device Type: LVM Volume Group: qubes_dom0 File System: swap @@ -65,9 +64,8 @@ Order Action Type Device Mount po ### Typical Partition Schemes -If you want your partition/LVM scheme to look like the Qubes default but -with a few tweaks, follow these examples. With a single disk, the result -should look something like this: +If you want your partition/LVM scheme to look like the Qubes default but with a few tweaks, follow this example. +With a single disk, the result should look something like this: ~~~ NAME SIZE TYPE MOUNTPOINT @@ -108,7 +106,7 @@ This means that, by default, Qubes inherits these upstream defaults: - `/dev/urandom` - probably an `iter-time` of one second -If, instead, you'd like to use AES-256, SHA-512, `/dev/random`, and a longer `iter-time`, you can configure encryption manually by following the instructions below. +If, instead, you'd like to use AES-256, SHA-512, `/dev/random`, and a longer `iter-time`, for example, you can configure encryption manually by following the instructions below. ### Example: Custom LUKS Configuration @@ -119,20 +117,14 @@ Boot into the Qubes installer, then press `ctrl`+`alt`+`F2` to get a virtual con # dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda bs=1M status=progress && sync -2. Create partiions: +2. Create partitions: # fdisk /dev/sda - n - p - 1 - +1G - a - n - p - 2 - (your choice; might want to leave overprovisioning space on an SSD) - p (check and confirm that everything makes sense) - w + + Follow the steps to create two partitions: + + - ~500MiB-1GiB for `/boot` + - The rest for `/` (might want to leave some for overprovisioning if it's an SSD) 4. Create LUKS encrypted volume: