Re: SuSE Partition questions

The carbonbased lifeform Adrian inspired alt.os.linux.suse with:
> Hi,
>
> I am planning to install SUSE9 on a server with one hard disk attached.
> My plan is to create separate filesystems /, /usr, /var, /opt, /home
> for cleaner administration. But my understanding is that SUSE only
> allows me to create 3 primary partition plus 1 extended parttion within
> one hard disk. So in order to do this, I will need to install all
> binaries into one single partition first ("/" in this case). Wait until
> the installation is complete, then create multiple logical partitions
> using the extended partition as my new /usr, /var etc filesystems. Then
> move them across under single user mode.

Not so. In the 'expert' option you can make and use as many logical
partions within the extended as you like.

> Secondly, any limitation or drawbacks of using logical partitions?

Not as far as I know, there's a limit on the number of logival
partitions (like 255?, some number no sane person will ever use).

Theo
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