Two small unallocated space "partitions" after install

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Hello everyone! I’ve just installed Garuda. After looking at the partition manager, there seem to be two very small unallocated partitions left floating around on my main drive. One is 1MiB and the other is 2,48MiB in size. From what I could find, the 1MiB partition is something that can happen sometimes, but I haven’t found anything regarding the 2,48MiB one. I’d love to know if that’s normal or something went wrong during the installation.

Thank you for your answers!

System:
Kernel: 6.5.4-zen2-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.2.1
clocksource: tsc available: hpet,acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=22f32bc3-c630-4c63-b5d6-dd4af6838002 rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet quiet rd.udev.log_priority=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0
resume=UUID=cba3aceb-6747-4979-91a3-17799f8e4893 loglevel=3 ibt=off
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.8 tk: Qt v: 5.15.10 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 2
dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: Gigabyte model: B650 AORUS ELITE AX v: x.x
serial: UEFI: American Megatrends LLC. v: F4
date: 03/22/2023
CPU:
Info: model: AMD Ryzen 7 7700X bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 4 gen: 5
level: v4 note: check built: 2022+ process: TSMC n5 (5nm) family: 0x19 (25)
model-id: 0x61 (97) stepping: 2 microcode: 0xA601203
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 8 tpc: 2 threads: 16 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 512 KiB desc: d-8x32 KiB; i-8x32 KiB L2: 8 MiB desc: 8x1024 KiB
L3: 32 MiB desc: 1x32 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 2546 high: 4790 min/max: 400/5573 scaling:
driver: amd-pstate-epp governor: powersave cores: 1: 400 2: 4787 3: 4787
4: 4780 5: 400 6: 4786 7: 400 8: 400 9: 400 10: 4788 11: 400 12: 4040
13: 400 14: 4790 15: 4784 16: 400 bogomips: 143720
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
Vulnerabilities:
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GA102 [GeForce RTX 3090] driver: nvidia v: 535.104.05
alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 535.xx+
status: current (as of 2023-08) arch: Ampere code: GAxxx
process: TSMC n7 (7nm) built: 2020-22 pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 16
link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:2204
class-ID: 0300
Device-2: AMD Raphael vendor: Gigabyte driver: amdgpu v: kernel
arch: RDNA-2 code: Navi-2x process: TSMC n7 (7nm) built: 2020-22 pcie:
gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: none empty: DP-1, DP-2,
DP-3, HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 11:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:164e class-ID: 0300
temp: 36.0 C
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.8 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.1
compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: amdgpu,modesetting,nouveau,nvidia
alternate: fbdev,nv,vesa dri: radeonsi gpu: nvidia,amdgpu display-ID: :0
screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3840x1080 s-dpi: 91 s-size: 1070x301mm (42.13x11.85")
s-diag: 1112mm (43.76")
Monitor-1: HDMI-0 pos: primary res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 92
size: 531x299mm (20.91x11.77") diag: 609mm (23.99") modes: N/A
Monitor-2: None-2-1 size-res: N/A modes: N/A
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 535.104.05 renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX
3090/PCIe/SSE2 direct-render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: NVIDIA GA102 High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:1aef
class-ID: 0403
Device-2: AMD Rembrandt Radeon High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 11:00.1
chip-ID: 1002:1640 class-ID: 0403
Device-3: AMD Family 17h/19h HD Audio vendor: Gigabyte
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 11:00.6 chip-ID: 1022:15e3 class-ID: 0403
Device-4: Yamaha AG06/AG03 driver: snd-usb-audio type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-2.1:4 chip-ID: 0499:170d
class-ID: 0103
API: ALSA v: k6.5.4-zen2-1-zen status: kernel-api tools: N/A
Server-1: PipeWire v: 0.3.80 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
4: pw-jack type: plugin tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE vendor: Gigabyte driver: r8169 v: kernel
pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: e000 bus-ID: 0c:00.0
chip-ID: 10ec:8125 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp12s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac:
Device-2: MEDIATEK MT7922 802.11ax PCI Express Wireless Network Adapter
driver: N/A modules: mt7921e pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1
bus-ID: 0d:00.0 chip-ID: 14c3:0616 class-ID: 0280
Bluetooth:
Device-1: MediaTek Wireless_Device driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.1
speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-9:7 chip-ID: 0e8d:0616
class-ID: e001 serial:
Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: down bt-service: enabled,running
rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes address: bt-v: 5.2 lmp-v: 11
status: discoverable: no pairing: no
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 3.64 TiB used: 15.59 GiB (0.4%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 990 PRO 2TB
size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s
lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: fw-rev: 3B2QJXD7 temp: 33.9 C
scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 maj-min: 259:4 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 980 PRO 2TB
size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s
lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: fw-rev: 5B2QGXA7 temp: 36.9 C
scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 1.79 TiB size: 1.79 TiB (100.00%) used: 15.58 GiB (0.9%)
fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
used: 576 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
ID-3: /home raw-size: 1.79 TiB size: 1.79 TiB (100.00%)
used: 15.58 GiB (0.9%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 1.79 TiB size: 1.79 TiB (100.00%)
used: 15.58 GiB (0.9%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 1.79 TiB size: 1.79 TiB (100.00%)
used: 15.58 GiB (0.9%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 33.55 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
priority: -2 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3
ID-2: swap-2 type: zram size: 30.5 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
comp: zstd avail: lzo,lzo-rle,lz4,lz4hc,842 max-streams: 16 dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 39.2 C mobo: 31.0 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
GPU: device: nvidia screen: :0.0 temp: 37 C fan: 0% device: amdgpu
temp: 35.0 C
Info:
Processes: 397 Uptime: 3h 2m wakeups: 1 Memory: total: 32 GiB note: est.
available: 30.5 GiB used: 4.93 GiB (16.1%) Init: systemd v: 254
default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 13.2.1 Packages:
pm: pacman pkgs: 1342 libs: 375 tools: octopi,pamac,paru Shell: fish
v: 3.6.1 default: Bash v: 5.1.16 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.29
Garuda (2.6.16-1):
System install date: 2023-09-24
Last full system update: 2023-09-24 ↻
Is partially upgraded: No
Relevant software: snapper NetworkManager dracut nvidia-dkms
Windows dual boot: No/Undetected
Failed units:
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Yes.

Please post output from

sudo parted --list
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Thanks for the quick answer!
Here is the output:

    Modell: Samsung SSD 990 PRO 2TB (nvme)
    Festplatte /dev/nvme0n1: 2000GB
    Sektorgröße (logisch/physisch): 512B/512B
    Partitionstabelle: gpt
    Disk-Flags:

    Nummer Anfang Ende Größe Dateisystem Name Flags
    1 2097kB 317MB 315MB fat32 boot, esp
    2 317MB 1964GB 1964GB btrfs root
    3 1964GB 2000GB 36,0GB linux-swap(v1) swap

    Modell: Samsung SSD 980 PRO 2TB (nvme)
    Festplatte /dev/nvme1n1: 2000GB
    Sektorgröße (logisch/physisch): 512B/512B
    Partitionstabelle: gpt
    Disk-Flags:

    Nummer Anfang Ende Größe Dateisystem Name Flags
    1 1049kB 2000GB 2000GB btrfs

    Modell: Unbekannt (unknown)
    Festplatte /dev/zram0: 32,8GB
    Sektorgröße (logisch/physisch): 4096B/4096B
    Partitionstabelle: loop
    Disk-Flags:

    Nummer Anfang Ende Größe Dateisystem Flags
    1 0,00B 32,8GB 32,8GB linux-swap(v1)

It’s good to hear that that’s normal. Was a bit worried as I was able to partition my second drive without these two chunks appearing. What is the reason for the two? And should I create these empty spaces for my second drive as well?

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Just use KDE partition manager to check the mini parts.

When you format your second drive, with parted, kparted, gparted, or whatever, you create a partition on the whole drive, not chunks of 1 or 2 MB. :slight_smile:

My output looks different from

Was war deine Eingabe?

And use three ~ in first and last line for terminal text, please.

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I should be able to do that? It’s greyed out for me. On all partitions. While I can do even less with the allocated partitions, for the empty spaces I can only click “New”, “Resize/Move”, “Copy”, “Restore” and “Properties”.

That’s very odd. I copy and pasted your text. Did it again and got the same thing.

sudo parted --list
[sudo] Passwort für GarudaPC:
Modell: Samsung SSD 990 PRO 2TB (nvme)
Festplatte  /dev/nvme0n1:  2000GB
Sektorgröße (logisch/physisch): 512B/512B
Partitionstabelle: gpt
Disk-Flags:

Nummer  Anfang  Ende    Größe   Dateisystem     Name  Flags
1      2097kB  317MB   315MB   fat32                 boot, esp
2      317MB   1964GB  1964GB  btrfs           root
3      1964GB  2000GB  36,0GB  linux-swap(v1)        swap


Modell: Samsung SSD 980 PRO 2TB (nvme)
Festplatte  /dev/nvme1n1:  2000GB
Sektorgröße (logisch/physisch): 512B/512B
Partitionstabelle: gpt
Disk-Flags:

Nummer  Anfang  Ende    Größe   Dateisystem  Name  Flags
1      1049kB  2000GB  2000GB  btrfs


Modell: Unbekannt (unknown)
Festplatte  /dev/zram0:  32,8GB
Sektorgröße (logisch/physisch): 4096B/4096B
Partitionstabelle: loop
Disk-Flags:

Nummer  Anfang  Ende    Größe   Dateisystem     Flags
1      0,00B   32,8GB  32,8GB  linux-swap(v1)

Sorry. Hope it’s fine this time around!^^’

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Do not change anything on this volume, please.

Für den Notfall

Start in terminal with sudo, maybe you must mount the volume?

Passt :slight_smile:

My fault.

As I wrote before, sometimes you got small parts by formatting the volume by calamares.

This sample has only some from M$

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It is something Calamares does intentionally. It has something to do with the GPT and UEFI spec, and also something about partition alignment. Honestly a lot of it goes over my head, but if you want to read through the discussion it’s right here:

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The first block is indeed a multiple of 512 and lines up with the 2048 sectors mentioned in the thread, so the other partitions start at sector 4096. The second part however is not a multiple of 512. It’s 5070 sectors to be exact. But that’s mostly for the record, as I’m even more unsure how to understand the thread and don’t know if the part at the end even has to be a multiple of 512.

It still icks me a little that it seems like not everyone has the 2,48MiB of unallocated space, but I think we can end the thread with that.
Big thanks to both of you for your answers! :slight_smile:

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