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Adding an account

Fedora Workstation lets you add an account either after installation during first startup, or at any time afterward. To add your account during first startup, follow the prompts. Among them is a choice of accounts you can add:

Select Google and a login prompt appears for you to login, so use your Google account information.

Be aware this information is only transmitted to Google, not to the GNOME project. The next screen asks you to grant access, which is required so your system’s desktop can interact with Google. Scroll down to review the access requests, and choose Allow to proceed.

You can expect to receive notifications on mobile devices and Gmail that a new device — your system — accessed your Google account. This is normal and expected.

If you didn’t do this at first startup, or you need to re-add your account, open the Settings tool, and select Online Accounts to add the account. The Settings tool is available through the dropdown at right side of the Top Bar (the “gear” icon), or by opening the Overview and typing settings. Then proceed as described above.

Using the Files app with Google Drive

Open the Files app (formerly known as nautilus). Locations the Files app can access appear on the left side. Locate your Google account in the list.

When you select this account, the Files app shows the contents of your Google drive. Some files can be opened using your Fedora Workstation local apps, such as sound files or LibreOffice-compatible files (including Microsoft Office docs). Other files, such as Google app files like Docs, Sheets, and Slides, open using your web browser and the corresponding app.

Remember that if the file is large, it will take some time to receive over the network so you can open it.

You can also copy and paste files in your Google Drive storage from or to other storage connected to your Fedora Workstation. You can also use the built in functions to rename files, create folders, and organize them.

Be aware that the Files app does not refresh contents in real time. If you add or remove files from other Google connected devices like your mobile phone or tablet, you may need to hit Ctrl+R to refresh the Files app view.

Roderick W. Smith‘s sgdisk command can be used to manage the partitioning of your hard disk drive from the command line. The basics that you need to get started with it are demonstrated below.

The following six parameters are all that you need to know to make use of sgdisk’s most basic features:

-p
Print the partition table:

# sgdisk -p /dev/sda
-d x
Delete partition x:

# sgdisk -d 1 /dev/sda
-n x:y:z
Create a new partition numbered x, starting at y and ending at z:

# sgdisk -n 1:1MiB:2MiB /dev/sda
-c x:y
Change the name of partition x to y:

# sgdisk -c 1:grub /dev/sda
-t x:y
Change the type of partition x to y:

# sgdisk -t 1:ef02 /dev/sda
–list-types
List the partition type codes:

# sgdisk –list-types

As you can see in the above examples, most of the commands require that the device file name of the hard disk drive to operate on be specified as the last parameter.

The parameters shown above can be combined so that you can completely define a partition with a single run of the sgdisk command:

# sgdisk -n 1:1MiB:2MiB -t 1:ef02 -c 1:grub /dev/sda

Relative values can be specified for some fields by prefixing the value with a + or – symbol. If you use a relative value, sgdisk will do the math for you. For example, the above example could be written as:

# sgdisk -n 1:1MiB:+1MiB -t 1:ef02 -c 1:grub /dev/sda

The value 0 has a special-case meaning for several of the fields:

In the partition number field, 0 indicates that the next available number should be used (numbering starts at 1).
In the starting address field, 0 indicates that the start of the largest available block of free space should be used. Some space at the start of the hard drive is always reserved for the partition table itself.
In the ending address field, 0 indicates that the end of the largest available block of free space should be used.

By using 0 and relative values in the appropriate fields, you can create a series of partitions without having to pre-calculate any absolute values. For example, the following sequence of sgdisk commands would create all the basic partitions that are needed for a typical Linux installation if in run sequence against a blank hard drive:

# sgdisk -n 0:0:+1MiB -t 0:ef02 -c 0:grub /dev/sda
# sgdisk -n 0:0:+1GiB -t 0:ea00 -c 0:boot /dev/sda
# sgdisk -n 0:0:+4GiB -t 0:8200 -c 0:swap /dev/sda
# sgdisk -n 0:0:0 -t 0:8300 -c 0:root /dev/sda

The above example shows how to partition a hard disk for a BIOS-based computer. The grub partition is not needed on a UEFI-based computer. Because sgdisk is calculating all the absolute values for you in the above example, you can just skip running the first command on a UEFI-based computer and the remaining commands can be run without modification. Likewise, you could skip creating the swap partition and the remaining commands would not need to be modified.

There is also a short-cut for deleting all the partitions from a hard disk with a single command:

# sgdisk –zap-all /dev/sda

For the most up-to-date and detailed information, check the man page:

$ man sgdisk

Tag: drive

Connect your Google Drive to Fedora Workstation

Adding an account

Using the Files app with Google Drive

Managing Partitions with sgdisk