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On Sat, 28 Nov 2015 18:52:23 -0500, waltdnes@××××××××.org wrote: |
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> > And an extended partition is a special type of primary partition. |
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> > Or you can avoid all this legacy idiocy and confusion by using GPT, |
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> > which lets you have a sensible number of partitions without fragile |
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> > kludges. |
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> The entire point of my bindmounting procedure (remember the original |
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> post?) is to minimize the number of partitions without strangling root |
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> if a logger goes wild. I generally run with 3 partitions, including |
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> swap. |
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So if you only need 3 partitions, why bother with an extended one in the |
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first place? |
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I'd still use GPT, it's just so much nicer. |
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Or if you want to be properly bleeding edge, use btrfs and do away with |
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all that bind mounting stuff, and get even more confusing df output... |
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Neil Bothwick |
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Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler. |
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