Question #78741 on Ubuntu changed: https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/78741
Tom posted a new comment: In gparted sda6 is the really large partition right? I think the order on the disk is sda1, sda2, sda3, sda4, sda6, sda7, sda5 so it's not really as messed up as one might initially think :) The partitions are always numbered chronologically rather than by position so you can imagine that some people have very strange numbering :) Yours is fine :) Also sda4 is like a bucket containing all of sda5 to sda7. Hard-drives can only have 4 Primary partitions (Thanks to microsquish. Other types do exist but Windows can't cope with them). However, it was realised that more could be useful so a special type of partition was made & called "Extended Partition" and this can contain quite a few other partitions but they have to be "Logical Partitions" rather than "Primary" ones. On most top-end hardware there's no discernible performance difference but with some machines it's better to keep OS and swap spaces in Primary Partitions for a slight boost in performance. Ok, so i am just 'waiting' to hear if sda6 is really large or very tiny and also to hear the results of free -m Thanks and regards from Tom :) -- You received this question notification because you are a member of UF Unanswered Posts Team, which is an answer contact for Ubuntu. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntuforums-unanswered Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntuforums-unanswered More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
