On Sun, 2009-06-28 at 10:27 -0500, postid wrote: > On Sunday 28 June 2009 09:01:45 am you wrote: > > On Sun, 2009-06-28 at 08:22 -0500, postid wrote: > > > > hda2=primary=10GB=Debian Lenny / > > > > > > hda3=primary=12GB= /home > > > > I I were you, I wouldn't use a primary partition for /home > > (you you can use that partition to install another OS) > > > Why not install /home as primary?
If you are a multi-multi-boot guy, you might need a spare primary partition at some-point > I've read that data recovery is > easier when done from a primary partition. Is that not so? It may help recovering broken partition table, but restoring a backup is the best solution ;) > Or > are there other considerations? Unlike Windows, Linux can be > bootable even when not installed early on the disk. > > I was also considering having WinXP, Debian's / and another > distro as primary partitions as you suggest, then swap, /home > and another distro as logical partitions. Better? Why? Yep. > I've been trying to understand the primary versus logical issues > and frankly the more I read, still the more undecided I am. Usually, the "boot" partition of operating systems needs to be installed on a primary partition. Multiple operating systems of the same "vendor" can usually boot from the same "boot" partition. Regards, Franklin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
