Bad 10.04 problem

[Tom H]

On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 3:27 PM, Lucio M Nicolosi <lmnicolosi at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 3:26 PM, Dotan Cohen <dotancohen at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Karl, on the next install you might consider formatting the drive, and
>> then creating a maximum of four primary partitions and no logical
>> partitions. That is the bullet-proof way to format a disk. As it is,
>> your partition table is probably a mess of entropy. This has nothing
>> to do with the issue at hand, but something for you to consider on
>> your next install.
>
> Did a quick search but could not find anything to support your remark,
> could you please send me some link about this subject?

It's nonsense (the primary partition statement not the comment on
Karl's partition table!). The Ubuntu and Debian default, if you choose
the most basic automatic setup is to assign sda1 to / and sda5 to swap
(with sda2 as an extended partition).