Re: [newbie] Want to create more than one Linux partition with Disk Druid

[John Aldrich]

On Mon, 01 Nov 1999, you wrote:
> And the problem with that is?  All my Linux partitions lie within and
> extended partition, which has caused absolutely no problem with SuSE 6.2,
> or Mandrake 6.0/6.1.  Furthermore MDK 6.1 is an upgrade, as opposed to a
> fresh install.
> 
If you wish to save your /home directory, you HAVE to have it in a
separate partition when formatting "/" otherwise, it's toast. At
least that's what I've always understood. What I'm saying is / and
/home need to be two separate partitions, NOT that one needs to be a
primary partition and the other an extended partition, although you
WILL need to have a bootable primary partition, I think.
        John