Quoting Ian Thomas ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > I have a copy of Debian 2.1 Slink that I am trying > to install to a second harddrive.
A bit old, that... > I just recently found out on a website that cfdisk > cannot create extended partitions. I attempted to do > this when I was installing by changing the partition > type to extended, but when it wrote the table it still > had them listed as linux native. I don't think that's how cfdisk does it, by changing type. > This is what I want > to do.. > > hdb1 (this is already my freebsd swap partition) > hdb2 /boot (this will be a primary partition) So create them first. > hdb3 (extended partition containing logical slices) Do nothing here. > hdb5 / Create this as a *logical* partition... > hdb6 /var > hdb7 /tmp > hdb8 /home > hdb9 /usr ... and these too. The extended partition itself won't be displayed on the cfdisk screen. > My swap space will go on my third drive. I > thought about just doing Alt-Ctrl-F2 to get a prompt, > run fdisk and create the partition table that way, > then continue with the curses based install. Is that > correct? Yes, it doesn't really matter whether you use cfdisk or fdisk or both to create your partitions. > Also I have read that linux cannot boot from > an extended partition, is this true? I don't think that's true. They may have been talking about the case where someone wants to keep the DOS MBR which boots the active partition. It may refuse to accept that a logical partition can be active. Cheers, -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +44 1908 653 739 Fax: +44 1908 655 151 Snail: David Wright, Earth Science Dept., Milton Keynes, England, MK7 6AA Disclaimer: These addresses are only for reaching me, and do not signify official stationery. Views expressed here are either my own or plagiarised.
