David Cary Hart wrote:
I'm thinking about installing FC4T1 on my laptop on separate partitions. This will then be a triple-boot. Are there any issues with logical (in contrast to primary) partitions? Is there anything else I need to know related to this?
In my trials, defining primary partitions works best. I do havean installation where the boot and the / (for that test installation) is in an extended partion. The installation seems to work alright, though I need to boot loader in the MBR for this partitcular installation.
/dev/hdb3 contains /dev/hdb5 as /boot and /dev/hdb6 as / (grub loader in MBR)
The installation on /dev/hda2 is /boot hda3 is /home and hda4 is / for this installation. (grub is installed in hda2 and is chainloaded from an entry for the grub installed in MBR)
The /dev/hdb1 it is boot for this installation, grub is installed in hdb1. There is an entry in the MBR installation to chainload this setup also. /dev/hdb2 is / and /home is contained within this setup.
This is a mess, but each installation takes care of its own grub entries and you don't have to manually edit the settings. When you install your system, choose the advanced bootloader settings and you can choose where to install grub and add additional entries for your configuration.
Jim Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hda1 * 1 659 5293386 b W95 FAT32 /dev/hda2 660 672 104422+ 83 Linux /dev/hda3 673 3222 20482875 83 Linux /dev/hda4 3223 4865 13197397+ 83 Linux Disk /dev/hdb: 30.7 GB, 30736613376 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 3736 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hdb1 * 1 13 104391 83 Linux /dev/hdb2 14 2537 20274030 83 Linux /dev/hdb3 2538 3460 7413997+ f W95 Ext'd (LBA) /dev/hdb4 3461 3736 2216970 82 Linux swap /dev/hdb5 2538 2550 104391 83 Linux /dev/hdb6 2551 3460 7309543+ 83 Linux