Partitioning...which one do I boot?
Ok, so I'm installing Slackware. I have my system partitioned like so:
hda1:SwapDrive 2GB hda2: "/" partition, 5GB hda3: "/usr/local" partition hda4: "/home: partition so...it tells me I have to flag one of these to boot from.Which one? And is this order correct? It's a 160GB harddrive. Thanks! |
If your boot record is stored on the MBR then you will want to boot from /dev/hda rather than one of the partitions, I believe.
The Phantom |
Just install your bootloader in the MBR (Master Boot Record), not in any of the partition bootsectors.
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- And the partition order is not that important.
I would advise against making a /home partition, though of course that is up to your private tastes. The thing is, a lot of setup files are stored in /home/yourusername, and if you keep the /home partition when you make another installation, you may run into a bit of trouble because the system tries to access the configuration files from your former installation. I much prefer making a separate storage partition and mounting it as /mnt/storage. |
If you ar talking about in cfdisk, make sure the partition with the /boot directory is marked bootable. I have never had problems with this set up.
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it will depened upon, in which partion u will load lilo
if u r loading lilo in the 1st sector of root then make that as bootable otherwise (If it is on MBR) no problem |
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