[LBo] partition+boot, was Oops, I've lost

[Grasshopper]

On Mon, 2006-09-18 at 07:06 -0400, Anita Lewis wrote:
> On 09/18/2006 06:45 AM Grasshopper wrote:
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> Using the same /boot is not a bad idea.  I've always been afraid that a 
> new distro would use the same kernel name as one I already had in there 
> and that my old one would get overwritten.  That is why I stopped using 
> one /boot.
> 
> The problem with making a small extended partition like that is that you 
> cannot make another extended partition.  That means that you will have 
> only 3 other primary partitions to use.
> 
> I recommend that if you are going to reinstall SUSE, you make a 2G or 
> bigger primary partition and move /home there.  Then delete those 
> partitions you have in the extended and make that extended the remaining 
> size of your drive.  Now you can put many partitions on that extended. 
> The way you are doing it, you will be able to have only those that you 
> now have on there and 3 more which would be primary.  You will have no 
> way to use your extra 20G except for 3 primary partitions.
> 
Thank you Anita.  I actually made a big mistake there, I meant  to make
the extended partition to cover the whole drive.  I remember from last
year you gave me that good advice; I printed it out for future
reference, and always look it up before I reinstall.

I'll give it a rest for a few days.

Many thanks.

Grasshopper.
> That would not be so bad if you intend to make only 1 partition for 
> Fedora.  That could be a primary partition and you could then use the 
> same /home and you always use the same swap.  So it will work.  Just be 
> aware that you can only have 4 primary total and one of those can be 
> extended.
> 
> Anita