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From: Mauro Faccenda <faccenda@gmx.net>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] TWO (probably stupid) questions about partitions
Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 17:38:27 -0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <42FBB743.3010509@gmx.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <a3c2e88b0508111309407d0133@mail.gmail.com>

Fernando Meira wrote:

> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
> /dev/hda1 * 1 1275 10241406 7 HPFS/NTFS
> /dev/hda2 1276 4208 23559322+ f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
> /dev/hda3 4209 4271 506047+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
> /dev/hda4 4272 4864 4763272+ 83 Linux
> /dev/hda5 1276 4208 23559291 b W95 FAT32
> 
[...]
> 1. Can /boot be inside an Extended partition? Would probably be place in 
> hda6...

I think so. But your hda1 partition doesn't seem to be a logical volume
in a extended partition.

> 2. In case of not changing my boot config (my doing Q1), will I need to 
> re-install my bootloader in MBR anew? Or on other words, will MBR be erased 
> when cleaning hda1?

If you change the /boot partition from hdaX to hdaY, you'll need to
change the your bootloader setup...

> 
> Question extra :) : what tends to be bigger /etc or /usr ?

/usr

[]'s
	Mauro
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  reply	other threads:[~2005-08-11 20:44 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-08-11 20:09 [gentoo-user] TWO (probably stupid) questions about partitions Fernando Meira
2005-08-11 20:38 ` Mauro Faccenda [this message]
2005-08-11 21:16 ` Bastian Balthazar Bux
2005-08-11 22:04   ` Fernando Meira
2005-08-12 10:07     ` Bastian Balthazar Bux
2005-08-12 12:27     ` Benno Schulenberg
2005-08-12 12:55       ` Bastian Balthazar Bux
2005-08-11 22:18 ` Neil Bothwick

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