2009/9/13 Kumar Appaiah <a.ku...@alumni.iitm.ac.in>: > On Sat, Sep 12, 2009 at 10:22:57PM -0400, Long Wind wrote: >> sda3 is a extended partition >> it has 3 logical partitions, sda5 thru sda7 >> can I install linux on sda6? > > Yes, this can be done. From my mount output: > > /dev/sda6 on / type ext3 (rw,errors=remount-ro) > /dev/sda7 on /home type ext3 (rw) > > The boot loader (at least Grub) can load components from logical > partitions, I belive. Someone can correct inaccuracies in my > statement. >
at least with ext3, last time i tried ext4, it want at least /boot as primary partition. > Kumar > -- > Kumar Appaiah > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) > > iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJKrFgOAAoJEHqPSei2NIC+lwMQAIVEgqnxvsYMP3GfN+68VLDE > TyLcAN96Zc3D8+CELcRQMHKxYx4uu626hy1WgByzKqukn5uBrK/qPZ2Edn4Rgeox > q4JX6aSkl5XVqdl0A9t4vog6djmBWeO41oRFslJZLExpaHYnzIZ0+D437zdSXxSI > qH4+EyaaCL1gbkP2krmA/qDYUA2UArvrgawEPNtf4oJUKvTKRlEV2fx6fVYlwqmc > kDVjvstPRyzngk9Y2smyIybv6gZEzef1mn0d94Sj0r0xkzwarJaaEbgAOZV8ZKKr > zzDc9dXaUWiQLIxNRafhruWZfwxfsTtoD3+YXga5jGH9ZGXctUfolD/htzW4NFfy > xaZqt0yLoIMutDOGIMzA9eKbxiqXd2ce1f9ni2nlLQiw390VPl4LtiGbzZjcYhHH > Q50gYZMeHVjk5d9P0s6RWPlJhhb6FZJuMe0jLmE8otc10YmBRCUcuFZNtgZF95Hz > VFmESX5bdPi0ajHzYPzkG/b86Pmb/oVr0Js03LJEG0i9vVSYCCTzLeDgMXPmIzxr > YlArBB0wMMEW2LPy1mIK/PSaDJ60Z9Wa84iW/BFr/5BtNeIKVQtCVDZXEcyuPRvM > YCW0tOChC8YGevyCNjzt3crEH3hsJauFEtv/zDZa3hmKXpfWZ++41KYemYfzytUl > TgFP7nRRkHundWUBkgfW > =nf31 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > -- Regards, Umarzuki Mochlis http://gameornot.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
