finished partitioning got more questions

[Georgina Joyce]

Hi

I use primary partitions for linux and swap but don't know if that's right.
Hopefully, someone more experienced will explain the pro's and con's of
using logical over primary partitions.  I'd extend your partition to cover
any free space.

Depending upon what distribution and what choices you make, the boot loader
is likely to be configured automatically.  Providing that disk is an IDE
disk on the primary controller and is the master your structure is:
(Providing I'm not too confused regarding logical partitions)

/dev/hda1 vfat Windows
/dev/hda2 Linux Swap
/dev/hda3 Linux Ex2

Gena

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Subject: finished partitioning got more questions


Hello I finished partitioning my drive into a linux x2 that is about 6.5
gigs and a 258.9 megabyte swap partition. My question is what commands do I
pass to the boot loader when I install as far as drives go? I'm putting the
full contence of the partition magic listing as far as file systems go in
exact order.
C drive fat32 primary active
something just labeled 1 extended primary with no file system
swap space logical
linux x2 logical
unalocated space
I don't know how the extended one came up unless its what the program
decided to put the logical partitions in. I just followed the wisard here so
if I did something wrong and need to clean it up please let me know. I'm not
afraid of reformatting anyway since I just did that two days ago and have
nothing of real worth on this machine that I can't install again or haven't
backed up. Thanks for any help on this.


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