Partitioning Question

[Felipe Alfaro Solana]

On 10/15/06, wade at wadesmart.com <wade at wadesmart.com> wrote:
> 10152006 1941 GMT-6
>
> Im partitioning a 200GB hard drive. I have usually used ubuntus automated partitions but Im wanting to do a bit more. I have read on the forums about some sizes but I wanted to run this by those who would know:
>
> root 8GB     Ubuntu 6.06LTS
> swap 1GB
> home 40GB    my files
> mail 10GB    my email
> second 40GB  future Edgy install -> will have its /home in this partition
>
> Ok. /root has to be primary, and the /second has to be a primary, so can the others be a Extended Partition?
> Or should I do this differently? or What?

May I ask why don't use logical volumes (LVM) instead of partitions?