I have a 320GB hard disk. I only use either ubuntu or kubuntu (12.04 for now). I don't want to use windows or any other dual boot os. And i need only 3 partitions on my hard disk. One for the OS and remaining two for data storage. I don't want to create swap also.
Now can i create all primary partitions on the hard disk. Are there any disadvantages in doing so.
Hi there!
I have two partitions on my hd, a primary partiton for data, and an extended one for Ubuntu, with three logical sub-partitions (boot, home, swap).
I'd like to install Fedora in a new partition, but I've just discovered that I can have just one extended partition, so, while I can make a third primary partition, I won't be able to create three partitions for Fedora, as I have on Ubun
possibility: System allows making:
1. Four primary partitions or
2. Three Primaries and an extended partition
So, Now,
1. How can I recognize which one of my all partitions (ntfs, ext, ...) are primary and which ones are logical?
2. Which one of primary partitions is "active primary"?
I'm going to install Arch Linux on my new laptop, and want to keep the existing Windows 7 installation as well. The problem is that there can only be four logical partitions, and they are all being used by Windows/Lenovo:I was thinking of converting the C drive, which is the largest (600 GB) into an extended type, then using that partition to create logical partitions and use those for Arch.
I first noticed an issue when trying to install Linux Mint 14 as a third OS alongside Ubuntu 12.10 and Windows 7 - I was unable to create another partition to install Mint to.
Poking around, I realised that I had reached the limit of primary partitions: (from left to right of the table) 1) a ~100 MB primary partition that I meant to use for storing Grub files but never got down to, 2) a 25 GB ext
I'm trying to set up dual-boot on my MacBook Pro, and have run into some questions. I used Disk Utility to allocate some free space for Ubuntu, and now I'm in the Ubuntu installer's partitioner.
There are already 3 partitions on my disk. One is EFI, one is for Mac OS X, and one is I think for recovery. I want to make a partition for Ubuntu and a swap partition.
You will want type 0x83. It is the partition type for ext2, ext3 and ext4. Extended is used as a "wrapper" to allow more than four primary partitions. You can put several non-primary partitions in an extended partition.Here is my partition scheme:Disk identifier: 0x87b33479
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 2048
I am installing fedora 18 from live CD.
When I manually create partition, and create the /boot partition of 500MB, I get the error message:
"Unable to allocate aligned partition"
However, I am successfully able to create swap and /home and / partitions with no error.
I have more than enough space available for all partitons.
And when I click on "Automatically create par
I want to install Fedora 16 on my laptop that already has Windows 7 installed. The problem is I can't figure out how to get around the 4 primary partition limit. Windows 7 is already taking up two partitions on it's on....the one for the OS and the 100 MB partition that Windows requires.
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