iniesta
November 18th, 2009, 05:38 AM
Hi everyone,
I'm installing Ubuntu 9.10. My current hard disk partitioning is as follow:
+ /dev/sda1: Ubuntu 8.04
+ /dev/sda2: Linux Swap
+ /dev/sda3: Windows XP
+ unallocated: ~50GB
(The above 3 partitions are all primary)
And now I want to install Ubuntu 9.10 on the unallocated space. In this case, I intend to choose the option "Use the largest continuous free space". But the thing I wonder is: what will the 9.10's installation do to my hard disk? To be more specific, will it create another Linux Swap partition? Will the 'only 4 primary partitions' law be violated? And to be short, will it be ok to do so?
Thanks and regards,
Iniesta
I'm installing Ubuntu 9.10. My current hard disk partitioning is as follow:
+ /dev/sda1: Ubuntu 8.04
+ /dev/sda2: Linux Swap
+ /dev/sda3: Windows XP
+ unallocated: ~50GB
(The above 3 partitions are all primary)
And now I want to install Ubuntu 9.10 on the unallocated space. In this case, I intend to choose the option "Use the largest continuous free space". But the thing I wonder is: what will the 9.10's installation do to my hard disk? To be more specific, will it create another Linux Swap partition? Will the 'only 4 primary partitions' law be violated? And to be short, will it be ok to do so?
Thanks and regards,
Iniesta