Re: custom partitioning

On Sun, 2007-07-29 at 10:43 -0400, Michael Klinosky wrote:
I just got another computer, and I'm stalled in the partitioning
department. I decided to forgo LVM, so I have some questions.

Does it matter in which order I create the partitions? Like, should I
create /boot first?

On the 'Add partition window is a checkbox: 'Force to be a primary
partition'. What's this? (It's not mentioned in the Installation docs.)
Do any partitions need it?

Primary partitions are those that are not extended partitions
(partitions with sub-partitions). You only get 4 partitions but some of
the 4 can be extended. Maybe not the first.

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