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Old 01-28-2007, 12:49 AM   #1
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linux in primary partition


Is it necessary to install linux in a primary partition?
 
Old 01-28-2007, 01:07 AM   #2
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No. . . . . . . .
 
Old 01-28-2007, 03:56 AM   #3
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I concur with syg00.

Linux never uses the booting flag so primary or not primary has no consequence.

It can boot from any of the 63 partitions in a Pata or 15 partitions in a Sata/SCSI disk except of course the "extended partition" which is just a border for a set of logical partitions.
 
  


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