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. -- ======================================================================= "No one gets too old to learn a new way of being stupid." ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
