Thanks @Wollie.
In GParted, I:
Set free space preceding to 1Mb
New size 9010
Free space following 2Mb
Align to MiB.
returns:
Disk /dev/sda: 698.64 GiB, 750156374016 bytes, 1465149168 sectors
Disk model: ST750LM022 HN-M7
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identifier: 07ED1A8A-3900-904A-9379-412EC64306B1
Device Start End Sectors Size Type
/dev/sda1 4096 618495 614400 300M EFI System
/dev/sda2 618496 1446689125 1446070630 689.5G Linux filesystem
/dev/sda3 1446692864 1465145343 18452480 8.8G Linux swap
I’ll do a reboot now and see if any changes.
I edited the # out of the /etc/fstab file, saved and rebooted.
Not showing signs of increased boot time.
I tried:
And just went for a restart. No changes. Still 1:00 to login, and then at around 2:30 I’m in Firefox again.
I knew this machine was on it’s last legs, but thought I could at least get a good run out of KDE haha.
Any other options? I haven’t tried the live ISO boot you mentioned earlier in step 2.
Edit a few hours later: I’m going to attempt to do a clean instal of XFCE. From what I understand it will run general tasks better which is what I am after (Libreoffice, and most things just run and open too slow for me now). I will update this thread after if there’s any changes.