From: Neil Bothwick <neil@digimed.co.uk>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] dual booting windows 7, extended partitions, and the mbr
Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2010 10:52:14 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100608105214.22fecd44@digimed.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <yu9eigii8ap.fsf@nyu.edu>
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On Mon, 07 Jun 2010 22:10:06 -0400, Allan Gottlieb wrote:
> I am now ready to install linux (and grub).
> Can I have all of linux on extended partitions? Something like
>
> 4. Extended
> 5. linux / (a logical partition inside the extended partition)
> 6. linux swap (another logical partition)
> 7. linux lvm2 partition (another logical partition)
> 8. linux small vfat partition (logical)
>
> I am mainly concerned about #5. Googling reveals that you can boot
> from a logical partition but the authors seem to recommend against
> it (without saying why in detail).
Yes. My Linux only computers have no primary partitions, everything is on
logical partitions and has worked that way for many years without a
single issue.
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Neil Bothwick
WinErr 012: Window closed - Do not look inside
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Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-06-08 2:10 [gentoo-user] dual booting windows 7, extended partitions, and the mbr Allan Gottlieb
2010-06-08 9:52 ` Neil Bothwick [this message]
2010-06-08 11:47 ` Allan Gottlieb
2010-06-12 8:05 ` Mick
2010-06-14 2:09 ` Allan Gottlieb
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