From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1OLvUL-0005BA-Mj for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 08 Jun 2010 09:52:53 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 866DEE09C7; Tue, 8 Jun 2010 09:52:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.digimed.co.uk (82-69-83-178.dsl.in-addr.zen.co.uk [82.69.83.178]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 52124E09C7 for ; Tue, 8 Jun 2010 09:52:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from digimed.co.uk (grunthos.digimed.co.uk [192.168.1.4]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.digimed.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id BE3DB56D746 for ; Tue, 8 Jun 2010 10:52:20 +0100 (BST) Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2010 10:52:14 +0100 From: Neil Bothwick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] dual booting windows 7, extended partitions, and the mbr Message-ID: <20100608105214.22fecd44@digimed.co.uk> In-Reply-To: References: Organization: Digital Media Production X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.6cvs9 (GTK+ 2.18.9; i686-pc-linux-gnu) X-GPG-Fingerprint: 7260 0F33 97EC 2F1E 7667 FE37 BA6E 1A97 4375 1903 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=PGP-SHA1; boundary="Sig_/_/UMb4Wv9t1QmOTEcevRFCv"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Archives-Salt: 90b84daa-51b4-4151-b6c9-cf119cd7844c X-Archives-Hash: 31c04c9e48186e707782057af9c566ee --Sig_/_/UMb4Wv9t1QmOTEcevRFCv Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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 >=20 > 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) >=20 > 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. --=20 Neil Bothwick WinErr 012: Window closed - Do not look inside --Sig_/_/UMb4Wv9t1QmOTEcevRFCv Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.15 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkwOEtMACgkQum4al0N1GQNejwCgg+zvKtPoMuPIcCqQ8N/wh23R gdcAniO3Up2hf/5LKizkn8Vsw4BAYVwi =7UZr -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/_/UMb4Wv9t1QmOTEcevRFCv--