For reference, all the linux partitions can be on extended partitions, and having only one primary left would not be an issue.
On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 1:32 AM, K7AAY <[email protected]> wrote: > > FB, thank you for a well-reasoned post which was smack-dab on target. > > On May 3, 10:15 pm, Fletcher Bonds <[email protected]> wrote: >> mHo: If you're planning on making a box that dual boots between Windows and >> nix: Don't. >> >> It's a waste of space and a headache to bounce back and forth. >> >> Far better to run one as a primary OS and one as a guest OS within it. Then >> you have full functionality of both without rebooting. >> >> VMWare Player is free and google around you'll find instructions how to get >> a virtualized Ubuntu or whatever linux distro you prefer setup and running >> with it under XP/Vista/Win7. >> >> On Sun, May 3, 2009 at 7:25 PM, K7AAY <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > 149GB hd from factory in my Lenovo SL400. Vista's Disk Management snap- >> > in shows this partitioning for Disk 0: >> >> > Letter Volume Size Status >> > -- ----------- ------ ------------------------------------------- >> > S: SERVICE003 1004 MiB Healthy (System, Active, Primary >> > Partiion) >> > C: SW_Preload 135 GiB Healthy (Boot, Crash Dump, Primary >> > Partition) >> > unallocated 10 GiB recovered from C: w/ Disk Mgt snap-in & by >> > shrinking Q: w/ EASUS Part. Mgr. >> > Q: Lenovo 6 GiB Healthy (Primary Partition) >> >> > It's my intent to install a Linux (eLive? Kubuntu? pcE17OS 2nd Ed.? >> > Dislike GNOME, fer sure) and I've been given to understand there's a >> > maximum of four (4) Primary Partitions on a hard drive, so how do I >> > overcome that? With extended partitions? Linux wants two partitions >> > (well, three, but since I have 2GB RAM, I think Linux will do OK sans >> > swap). >> >> > Your on-topic responses are truly appreciated. > > > -- Daniel --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
