Does boot from hdb2 matter?

[Brian Astill]

OK so I thought that hdb1 and hdb2 were both empty and, as hdb1 is 
slightly larger than hdb2, Ubuntu Edgy would install itself 
there.

BUT - hdb1 was NOT empty.

Thus Edgy is on the Active partition which is hdb2, leaving hdb1 
as an area usable for something else.

Does this arrangement matter?
Should I erase data from hdb1 and copy ALL hdb2 files to hdb1? 
(That in itself presents problems with symlinks, special system 
files, and the like).
Would it be OK to leave things as they are and use hdb1 for (eg) 
my clipart collection?

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Regards,
Brian