At 05:05 AM 1/10/01 +0530, you wrote:
>Hi!
>Whatever the partition system is like, you got to have /boot or the boot
>kernel within approximately the first 8GB of the harddisk.
>
>I recently bought a 20GB HDD myself, after a lot of questions on the list
>and elsewhere. I settled for the following.
>
>First 5 GB Primary - Windoze(FAT32)
>Second 5GB Extended - Linux extended (with /boot being the first
> partition)
> All Linux partitoin as logical ones here /home,/usr,swap etc.
>third 5GB Primary - Windoze(FAT32) again ...common storage area for both
> linux and windows
>fourth 5GB Primary - Currently linux(/opt). But have plans for installing
> freebsd.
>
>I don't understand why people discourage making more than one primary
>partitions. Yes, Windows freaks out initially when you are
>experimenting(assigning random drive letters to the partion). But once you
>have decided on your partions there are no further problems.
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May I ask you how to make >1 Pri partitions work under win9x. I know NT
supports more than one pri partitions, but my experience with two primary
partitions under Win98 has been sort of traumatic (FDISK locking up)
> BTW, FreeBSD can share swap partitions with linux after a small fix. So
>it is future proof too!
.......... And this small fix too ?
>- Sandip
TIA
HarveerSingh
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