custom partitioning

[Aaron Konstam]

On Sun, 2007-07-29 at 10:43 -0400, Michael Klinosky wrote:
> I just got another computer, and I'm stalled in the partitioning 
> department. I decided to forgo LVM, so I have some questions.
> 
> Does it matter in which order I create the partitions? Like, should I 
> create /boot first?
> 
> On the 'Add partition window is a checkbox: 'Force to be a primary 
> partition'. What's this? (It's not mentioned in the Installation docs.) 
> Do any partitions need it?
> 
Primary partitions are those that are not extended partitions
(partitions with sub-partitions). You only get 4 partitions but some of
the 4 can be extended. Maybe not the first.

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