Re: [opensuse] swap file placement
- From: Jerry Feldman <gaf@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 31 May 2008 08:28:47 -0400
On Fri, 30 May 2008 17:11:47 -0400
Felix Miata <mrmazda@xxxxxx> wrote:
That's fine as long as you're not a multibooter, but it can make life more
difficult than necessary to install your bootloader in the preferred location
if you are. http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Prefered_bootloader_options
I doubt I have any disks that I installed anything on that have fewer than 4
primaries.
Putting the boot loader in a primary does make sense. I usually
install SuSE as a dual boot with it's predecessor. The bottom line is
that the stage1 must be addressable from the MBR. If you are dual
booting with Windows, Windows is usually installed in one or 2
primaries. So, if you use Part 1 and 2 for Windows (C and D), Part 3
for /boot, then you generally need Partition 4 for the extended.
But, for the most part, Linux file systems can exist very nicely in
logical partitions, and these are more flexible than primaries,
although LVM is more flexible than using hard partitions. If I were to
do a complete reinstall I would use LVM and allocate my backups either
to a USB drive or a separate non-LVM drive.
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