Partitioning Question

[wade at wadesmart.com]

10162006 GMT-6

Why the alternate install? Does it have something the other doesnt?
wade

> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: Partitioning Question
> From: Felix Miata <mrmazda at ij.net>
> Date: Mon, October 16, 2006 12:57 pm
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> 
> On 06/10/16 10:30 (GMT-0700) wade at wadesmart.com apparently typed:
> 
> > So hda1 would be /boot -> and this is a primary
> > hda2 would be /root    -> and this would be inside an ext partition
> > hda5 would be /swap    
> > hda6 would be /home    -> and both this and /swap are inside the same ext partition as /root.
> 
> hda[1-4] are never "inside" an extended partition. Logicals inside an
> extended begin at 5. So if all except /boot are logicals, then you would
> have hda1, hda5, hda6 & hda7.
> 
> > Now, if I wanted to install Edgy, would that could be in any partition, and not a primary one, because of this /boot. Is that correct?
> 
> Where you might choose to install edgy later is not dependent on anything
> you have proposed to do currently. Things can get rather complicated if you
> keep multiple /boot partitions. Better to keep /boot directories on /
> partitions other than the first installed.
> 
> So, add edgy later on a new hda8. It can share the hda7 /home. To keep
> settings from different desktop versions from interfering with each other,
> use different uid for each distro's primary user login. Set umask to 002
> instead of 022 to make sharing other files easier, and ln the commonly used
> directories among the different uid's homes.
> 
> > And when I go to install 6.06 will it understand or will I specifically have to tell it that something goes in the boot area and the rest in /? 
> 
> Use the alternate CD, manually select partitioning, and set the install
> target / and any other partitions you want mounted as you prefer. If 6.06 is
> the first to get installed on the HD, set the separate /boot partition among
> them.

> 
> Felix Miata  ***  http://mrmazda.no-ip.com/