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? > It depends on the drive/BIOS on the machine. While it is not a problem on most modern machines, the having a separate /boot partition came about because drive size growth outpaced the BIOS ability to access the entire drive. So you needed to create the /boot partition in the part of the drive the BIOS could access. You would create a small /boot partition at the start of the drive, and the rest of your partitions after that. That way you could be sure the first stage boot loader could load the main boot loader. It is not as much of a problem with newer machines. > 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? > Linux is happy to run in extended partitions, so you usually do not need to force any of the partitions to be primary partitions. But if Linux is going to be the only OS on the drive, it is probably a good idea to make the /boot partition a primary one. Some BIOS have a problem booting from a disk with out one active, primary partition. (It needs to be marked as bootable.) Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
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