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From: Mauro Faccenda <faccenda@×××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] TWO (probably stupid) questions about partitions
Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 20:44:20
Message-Id: 42FBB743.3010509@gmx.net
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] TWO (probably stupid) questions about partitions by Fernando Meira
1 Fernando Meira wrote:
2
3 > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
4 > /dev/hda1 * 1 1275 10241406 7 HPFS/NTFS
5 > /dev/hda2 1276 4208 23559322+ f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
6 > /dev/hda3 4209 4271 506047+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
7 > /dev/hda4 4272 4864 4763272+ 83 Linux
8 > /dev/hda5 1276 4208 23559291 b W95 FAT32
9 >
10 [...]
11 > 1. Can /boot be inside an Extended partition? Would probably be place in
12 > hda6...
13
14 I think so. But your hda1 partition doesn't seem to be a logical volume
15 in a extended partition.
16
17 > 2. In case of not changing my boot config (my doing Q1), will I need to
18 > re-install my bootloader in MBR anew? Or on other words, will MBR be erased
19 > when cleaning hda1?
20
21 If you change the /boot partition from hdaX to hdaY, you'll need to
22 change the your bootloader setup...
23
24 >
25 > Question extra :) : what tends to be bigger /etc or /usr ?
26
27 /usr
28
29 []'s
30 Mauro
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