I am currently trying to install the new Linux Mint 18 on an (empty) Seagate Expansion 1TB external hard drive. I am running Linux live from a USB and using the "Install Linux Mint" wizard that is included with the distribution.
I created 4 partitions:
- 50GB "/" partition
- 500GB "/Home" partition
- 50GB "SWAP" partition;
- 20GB EFI System partition.
However, when I try to install, I get the message:
The partition /dev/sda1 assigned to / starts at an offset of 3584 bytes from the minimum alignment for this disk, which may lead to very poor performance."
For each partition, I am placing everything at the beginning rather than the end. When I try to delete the new partition and recreate it, there is the same around 33MB of free space at the beginning and the wizard will not let me continue to the next step until I get rid of it.
Does anyone know what I am doing wrong and if there is a way to put the root directory at the beginning of the external hard drive and get rid of the free space?
