On Sat, 16 Oct, 1999 à 10:53:52AM +1300, lanz wrote: > Please explain in layman terms ... > ------------------------------------------------- > ( I have read all faq's/howto etc) > > > Example > ------------ > > A system with a 2 GB hardrive and following partitions. > > 1) 25 mb > dos/fat16 > 2) 500 mb > win95c/fat32 > 3) 1393 mb > ext2 (proposed)/(debian/gnu/ --- hurd and/or linux mix/match) > 4) 128mb > swapfile > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > - ------------------------------ > > Given the example above:- > -------------------------------------- > > Q1) I understand debian/gnu/hurd uses a ext2 partition > Does this have to be a primary partition or can it be a partition > contained > within a dos/extended partition as a logical partition an ext2 etc > and be > booted via grub instead,or for some reason must it be > primary,therefore > why,and for what specific reasons,and also can the swapfile be placed > within a dos extended logical partition area instead of in the > primary area > and/or can gnu/linux have a swapfile in such area/partition. > no, yes, yes, no, none, yes, yes.
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