On 03/03/2010 11:26 AM, Tim wrote: > On Tue, 2010-03-02 at 16:38 +0530, Jatin K wrote: > >> how do I exactly maintain the said order of the partition in >> exercise ?? >> > One answer: Use a command line tool, like fdisk, that does exactly what > you tell it to, rather than a GUI tool which works in the manner it > thinks best. > > Over the last few years, I've let disk druid do its thing if I'm > prepared to accept the automatic defaults, but (part way through running > the install disc) I've usually swapped over to the command line, if I > want to do something different. And I'll set up the drive how I want > it, then go back to the install routine, and just select the partitions > I want the installer to use, without reformatting any of them. > > Particularly so for servers, where I've not only wanted a specific > layout, but also wanted the reliability assurance of running a bad block > test as well as the format. When setting up a server, I'd rather spend > the time doing integrity checks beforehand, than be surprised by > something nasty much later on, when it's wrecked my work. > > I don't know why disc druid re-arranges the order of partitions, I could > only guess that the author might think that certain things (boot, swap) > are better at the start or middle of the drive, and arranges things to > what they think are optimum. > > suppose one is doing RHCE exam .... and question is to partition a disk in said order what he/she should do ??? if disk druid changes the partition order automatically does partition ordering is serious matter for the RHCE exam ???? according to question swap partition should be on hda2 and / partition should be on hda3 , what is can be done if disk druid changes the partition order randomly ?? if any RHCE is reading this list .....please explain the matter -- °v° /(_)\ ^ ^ Jatin Khatri Registerd Linux user No #501175 www.counter.li.org No M$ -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
