[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I am quite confuse with the PC hard disk partition. After reading
> some manual and info from the web, I am still confuse. I have some
> problem with install linux on a extended partiton before, not sure is
> the HD problem or the configuration. For safety now I install linux only
> on the primary partition.
>
> Few question to ask here:
>
> 1. PC HD can have only 4 primary partiton, but unlimited extended
> partition?
You sacrifice one primary partition, for an extended one, that can hold
many partitions
>
> 2. In Dos/Windows fdisk, I am able to create Primary and extended
> partition, but the extended partition show in Dos/Windows fdisk is same
> with the linux extended partition?
Yes.
> 3. If I already use up two partition for my Windows system, am I able
> to create another three partition(1 for linux system, 1 for user data, 1
> for swap) for linux since PC HD support only 4 primary partition.
Yes, if you use an extended partition.
For example:
Partition 1: Windows
Partition 2: Windows
Partition 3: Extended partition
Partition 4: Linux system
Extended, part 1: Linux user data
Extended, part 2: Linux swap
and so on.
If I remember right, the bootable partitions cannot be in the extended
partition, but I might be wrong here.
> 4. max size for linux swap partition is 16, and max no of linux swap
> partiton is 8. Kernal 2.0 and 2.2 still having this limit?
Max size of linux swap is 128Mb.
I'm not sure about man number of linux swap partitions (or files, for this
matter).
> Thanks.
Hope I helped you, Adoram
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