On Mon, 7 Jun 1999, Gary Tsai wrote:


> If I'm reading this right, according to the Partition Magic/Boot Magic
> documentation, you can create a primary EXT2 linux boot partition
> normally, 

I don't know what you mean by that.

> and you can put the swap partition as a logical drive in an
> extended partition (along side some FAT and other partitions)  that
> sounded a bit fishy. is this actually possible?

Sure. 
/dev/hdb1             1       128   1028128+  1b  Unknown
/dev/hdb2           129      1024   7197120    5  Extended
/dev/hdb5           129       144    128488+  83  Linux
/dev/hdb6           145       149     40131   82  Linux swap
/dev/hdb7           150       404   2048256   83  Linux
/dev/hdb8           405       659   2048256   83  Linux
/dev/hdb9           660       787   1028128+  83  Linux
/dev/hdb10          788       915   1028128+  83  Linux

Originally, I had more some FAT32 partitions mixed in with the Linux
logicals.  Now I have two hard drives, and I've segregated Windows and
Linux.

> also, is there any way to work without a swap partition.  i think it's kinda
> bad to waste 1 of 4 possible partitions on a swap drive.

I suppost you could, but it's not a good idea.  You aren't limited to 4
partitions (see above).  The 4 partitions include the extended partition,
and you can have many logicals within the extended.

---Tom

P.S.  I just realized how small my swap partition is.  I must have been
sleeping when I did that partition.  It should be a bit larger.


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Tom Bryan
Applied Research Laboratories
University of Texas at Austin


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