Subj : Re: Partition blues, dual boot, FC2  (Linux newbie)
To   : comp.os.linux
From : Mutant
Date : Sun Sep 19 2004 06:45 pm

On Thu, 16 Sep 2004 07:17:12 -0700, Sandy wrote:

> Hello.
> 
> Trying to come up with a reasonable partition scheme on a pc that will
> ultimately serve as apache server over a dsl connection.
> 
> Have tried the following:
> HDD 80 GB (single drive), Celeron 1.7, 512 MB RAM
> 
> hd1:ntfs (windows XP pro), 4 GB primary.
> hd2:ntfs (for user data), 65 GB, extended, logical.
> hd3:ext3, /boot, 100 MB
> hd4:ext3, /, 9 GB
> hd5:swap, 1100 MB
> 
> What is wrong with this picture? Disk Druid will not let me partition
> the drive in this manner, if I take away hd2 it will work, but I want
> to have the ntfs partitions contigious.
> 
> Any points on how to use a zoneedit non-fixed ip under apache would
> also be apreciated.
> 
> Thanks, Sandy


An x86 can only have 4 primary partitions. That's why taking 1 away makes
it work.


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