General :: Which Partitions Should Be Set As Primary
Nov 17, 2010Which partitions should be set as primary, /, /home, /tmp, /var, /boot or any other?
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General :: Faster To Have More Primary Partitions?
Mar 13, 2011Why is it faster to have more primary partitions when using Linux? Please give some real examples; I know some theoretical reasons but I don't understand them well.
View 2 Replies View RelatedGeneral :: Reading Partitions On Non-primary HDD?
Apr 28, 2010I have a laptop with Ubuntu 9.10 installed. It will not boot to the login screen. If I remove this HDD and connect it as a secondary drive to another PC running Ubuntu, will I be able to access the files on this HDD? There is a lot of data which I haven't backed up which I need to retreive. I don't think the hard drive has failed.
View 6 Replies View RelatedHardware :: Change Primary Partitions To Logical Partitions AND Migrate Their Data?
Mar 28, 2010I've installed Arch Linux onto my Western Digital SATA drive.I love it, best ever, however, I need the fglrx proprietry driver for better 3-d performace, and decided to create a new partition. I decided to install Linux Mint.Sadly, in all my noobishness, I forgot about the 4 primary partition limit (oops!) and as I have /, /home, swap, and /boot partitions (all primary) already installed, I have run into a bit of a problem.I resized my /home partition (almost 500GB) to about 225, and was then told I have over 200GB unusable space. Is it possible for me to change at least 1 of my primary partitions to logical partitions AND keep all the data intact (AND edit the arch configuration so that it'll still work) so I can install a second linux? I sincerely doubt it
View 10 Replies View RelatedGeneral :: Why Are Logical Partitions Preferred Over Primary
May 9, 2011So I noticed while using guided partitioning that most distro installers will attempt to create a logical partition for the root file system besides the swap and /boot on the HDD. Why is this the case? Why does the partition for root file system have to be logical and not primary?
View 10 Replies View RelatedUbuntu Installation :: More Than 4 Primary Partitions Cant Be Done?
Jan 28, 2010I am having a 250 GB hard disk in my Acer Laptop.
C: - a 65 Gb partition with Win7.
D: - a 150 GB partition with general data.
and 2 partitions by default - a 13 GB and a 3.5 GB one( I guess backup and recovery by Acer or sumthn)
I shrank the D: partition to 135 GB and had made the 15 GB unallocated space to install Ubuntu. Everytime I checked I got the free space shows as 'unusable' in the Ubuntu partitioner. I tried shrinking again with EPM, Win Disk Management and also Ubuntu partitioner. Each time the free space which showed up said Unusable. A friend of mine advised me to defragment and use 'GParted' through the live cd. I did so and when click on the unallocated space to format it said "IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO CREATE MORE THAN 4 PRIMARY PARTITIONS. If you want more partitions you should first create an extended partition. Such a partition can contain other partitions. Because an extended partition is also a primary partition it might be necessary to remove a primary partition first."
I didnt know all of my partitions were primary! And I dont even want D: to be primary. It just is there to hold some data.
Ubuntu :: HP Pavillion: Too Many Primary Partitions
Apr 30, 2010I just got an Hp Pavillion laptop, and I'm trying to install Ubuntu. I resized the Windows 7 partition, and tried to install, but was unable because you can have no more than 4 primary partitions. Is there any way around this?
The current partitions are:
Windows 7 ntfs file system
BOOT
RECOVERY
HP_TOOLS
Ubuntu :: Limit Of 4 Primary Partitions
Aug 25, 2010Gparted: How do I get around this? It says to use logical partitions, but how?
View 8 Replies View RelatedRed Hat :: How To Define The Three Partitions (also Swapp) Primary
Jun 11, 2010i have 3 primary partition as follow:
sda1 -> ext3 /boot 1023 cilinder
sda2 -> swapp 2048 MB (i have 1024MB of RAM)
sda3 -> ext3 /
GRUB tell me where to put MBR, and i have to choose beetween sda and sda1, which is the good choice and why? Is right to define the three partitions (also swapp) primary?
Ubuntu Installation :: Not Possible To Create More Than 4 Primary Partitions?
Dec 1, 2010I'm trying to install Crunchbang on a partition I made. I managed to resize my Ubuntu for space to install Crunchbang (which essentially is another Linux OS).I currently have Ubuntu 10.10 and Win7 currently installed. The error I get in GParted is the one above in the title. I know there is a way to install a third OS but this problem is killing me. I need some to help my step-by-step. I'm not that bright when comes to technical terms and writing stuff in the terminal. My current filing system:
Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
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Red Hat / Fedora :: F11 Install Created 2 Primary Partitions
Jan 17, 2010I used Acronis' Disk Director Suite 10.0 ["DDS"] to create 7 logical partitions of 23GB each, into one of which I asked Fedora 11 to install. Fedora 11 completely ignored me and created 2 primary partitions of its own: a 217.4GB, a 2GB and a 2GB "unallocated." I will likely delete this installation for a number of reasons. How can I force fedora to install into a 23GB logical partition that I created for just that purpose? If I can't use DDS-created partitions then why do I need DDS-created partitions?
View 8 Replies View RelatedUbuntu :: Partition/Unallocated Space W/ 4 Primary Partitions?
May 3, 2010I'd be very grateful if some charitable person could help with a problem. I have a portion of unallocated space, 15GB, which is situated to the left of all my other partitions (according to GParted). Unfortunately I already have 4 primary partitions. Although I am willing to delete my last partition, I still amn't sure how I could go about reclaiming the 2 portions of unallocated space under one new partition
View 2 Replies View RelatedUbuntu Installation :: 3 Other OS - 4 Primary Partitions Of Equal Size
Jun 21, 2010I'm trying to install Ubuntu, Windows 7, Meego, and Android x86 for a project. Here is what I have done so far: Partition the drive into 4 primary partitions of equal size (10gb each). Install Windows7, Android, and Meego onto separate partitions, in that order. Then, install Ubuntu, hoping that GRUB automatically detects the other OS's and creates entries for them. Unfortunately, the only entries in GRUB are for Ubuntu and Windows 7. How do I get to the other 2 OS's (Android and Meego) to show up?
View 4 Replies View RelatedUbuntu Installation :: Change Primary Partitions Into Logical?
May 9, 2011I have first installed Windows7 to sda2 (sda1 being the MBR). Then I installed Ubuntu as follows: sda3 /boot, sda5 swap (sda4 being the Extended partition), sda6 /, sda7 /home. So far so good. Windows and Ubuntu worked fine. I also planned to create another partition for data and two more partitions for Arch Linux. And here is the problem.I just assumed that the Extended partitions were created logical but actually they are also primary. So, as things stand, all my 7 partitions are primary and I cannot create any more partitions.I must've erred somewhere during the Ubuntu installation. Is it possible ti change the Extended partitions into logical, without affecting all the stuff within? Any ideas? Otherwise I will have to delete everything after Windows and install Ubuntu again, making sure that I create logical partitions in the Extended part
View 9 Replies View RelatedUbuntu :: Advantages Or Disadvantages Of Primary & Extended Partitions?
Jun 27, 2011What are the advantages (or disadvantages) in partitioning a disc into 4 Primary partitions versus 1 Primary & 3 Extended Partitions?
View 4 Replies View RelatedOpenSUSE Install :: Configure Autoyast To Create Three Primary Partitions?
May 18, 2010I'm trying to configure autoyast to create three primary partitions:
/dev/sda1 (/boot)
/dev/sda2 (swap)
/dev/sda3 (/)
This is the XML I've come up with:
HTML Code:
<partitioning config:type="list">
<drive>
<use>all</use>
<initialize config:type="boolean">true</initialize>
<partitions config:type="list">
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I seem to be missing an instruction or misunderstand something here.
Fedora Installation :: Cannot Partition And Takes Errors,it Is Of Primary Partitions That Is About 77GB?
Dec 25, 2009when i install fedora 11 after windows 7 ,i can not partition and takes errors,it is of primary partitions that is about 77GB that windows 7 had installed on it ,but when i install ubuntu ,it can be installled without any error ,when i asked for this one said me that ubuntu has grub installer that reference to another where for primary partition ,
View 1 Replies View RelatedUbuntu Installation :: Partitions On Multi-boot--primary Versus Extended?
Jul 12, 2010I'm setting up my laptop to dual boot (default Vista installation and Ubuntu). There's also a possibility I may add XP later as a triple boot.
My laptop came with two partitions already, the second one labelled "Recovery". I was planning on adding three partitions, one for the Ubuntu installation, one for Swap, and one for storing my files (accessible to both OSs). However, this would be five partitions (or six, if I add XP later).
I've never had to deal with this many partitions before and just learned about the maximum of four primary partitions.
Ubuntu Installation :: New Machine Has 4 Primary Partitions; Unallocated Space "unusable"?
Feb 10, 2010My motherboard on my old HP laptop died, so I bought a new machine that's running Windows 7.The machine is a Compaq (HP) and has a 250 Gig hard disk. I used Windows Disk Manager to shrink the space Windows is in so I can install Ubuntu in that space.When I start the partitioner it says the free space is unusable. I ran Gparted and sure enough, there are already 4 primary partitions on my drive:
/dev/sda1 = ntfs - SYSTEM
/dev/sda2 = ntfs
unallocated
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General :: LVM Partitions Are Equals To OS Partitions?
May 26, 2011When we install a linux OS, we've an option to create partitions. In my laptop I've create partition for /opt, /home, / and /tmp. Are these partitions the same type of partitions as the partitions created by LVM?
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Dec 14, 2009One question:An OS only can boot from primary partition, not in an extended partition ?
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General :: Where To Put My Swap Partition / Primary - Lvm?
Jan 11, 2011I'm installing the ubuntu on my new computer with 1 TB hard drive (and core i7 870 with 4G RAM), for the purpose of scientific computing. I have two questions:
1. Since I am not absolutely certain that the simulation won't use larger swap space than usual (say 3x4G = 12G), I intend to set it initially as 12G keeping in mind that I might have to extend it later. So one might suggest putting it on lvm partition. But then I read that I can maximize the speed if I put the swap at the outer track. If I mix it with the other logical volumes in the same volume group, then I don't know where my swap space is across my hard drive, isn't it? So this might suggest I make it as a primary partition. I'm stuck..
2. My current planned partition map is
/ 1G
/tmp 10G
/usr 20G
/var 5G
/home the rest
taking into account I will install MATLAB and maybe other visualization software. What do you think of this scheme?
General :: Changing The IP Address Of The Primary DNS?
Jul 21, 2011If I change the primary ip address for DNS, do I need to reboot the server?
View 3 Replies View RelatedGeneral :: Partitioning - Primary And Extended ?
Oct 14, 2010I am installing opensuse on my laptop. Dual boot with Windows 7. Two partitions are already taken by windows. I am confused about extended partitions. I know I will need one because I can only have 4 primary partitions.
Here are the partitions I want:
Is there a certain order to create these? Does it matter which ones are primary partitions and which one are part of extended partitions?
General :: Difference Between LVM & Primary Partition?
May 15, 2010difference between LVM & Primary Partition..
View 2 Replies View RelatedGeneral :: Primary Point Of Converting Dll To Lib In First Place
Apr 15, 2010I've been looking for a way to run windows-only vst plugins nativley on linux as well as to find a linux driver for my 1394 audio interface with little luck; I would like to do so without relying on wine, and have come across an idea to work out after stumbling on a utility that converts dll to lib (called dll2lib). The idea would be to convert the dll's for a proprietary fw audio dev and dependent MS libraries and manually change what's needed to make it compatible with linux env. is this possible; will I be able to achieve source code from this? if not, what is the primary point of converting a dll to lib in the first place.
View 2 Replies View RelatedGeneral :: Moving From Primary To Secondary Dns Server?
Mar 17, 2011How long does unix wait till moving from primary to secondary dns server (in /etc/resolv.conf) if the primary is uncontactable?
Where is this setting, so I can change it?
General :: Find Out Primary Interface On RHEL?
Apr 14, 2011find out the primary interface on RHEL Linux. I came across [URL]. Is this the best way?
View 3 Replies View RelatedGeneral :: Changing Primary Group On A User?
May 18, 2010Does anyone know how to change the primary group on a user without changing the password? I've tried updating the /etc/passwd and running usermod -g group userBoth of those does change the group but somehow it messes up the password so the user cannot get in with the same password.
View 5 Replies View RelatedGeneral :: Primary / Secondary Ethernet Interfaces Via NetworkManager
Mar 12, 2010I have an Ubuntu 9.10 machine with three ethernet interfaces, eth0, eth1 and eth2. eth2 is connected to a private network. eth0 and eth2 are connected to two different LANs. Either one will provide access to the internet. All three networks have DHCP servers. Using Ubuntu's the default settings (And Gnome), when I boot up all the interfaces are active and my system gets three IP addresses. However any attempt to access the internet results in connection timeouts and other weirdness.
I suspect that traffic is going out on one NIC (like eth0) and coming back in on another (like eth1). I'm not sure what's going on. The only way I can access the internet at the moment is to bring two of the devices down with ifdown. How can I configure eth0 as my primary interface so all trafic goes out by default on that interface, while keeping the other two active? Also, I want to make sure Avahi broadcasts properly on all three IPs so that the computers on the LAN of eth1 can still connect to myHostname.local...
Here's my routing table:
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt Iface
172.16.151.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth2
172.16.30.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
10.1.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.0.0 U 0 0 0 eth1
169.254.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.0.0 U 0 0 0 eth1
0.0.0.0 172.16.30.2 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0
0.0.0.0 10.1.0.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth1
I want the 172.16.30.2 network to be the primary one and the 10.1.0.0 network to be the secondary one. My nameservers are also incorrect. It seems like Ubuntu is bringing the networks up in order, eth0, then 1, then 2, and the DHCP information from eth1 is overriding eth0, and eth2 is overriding eth1. How can I reverse this so the DHCP information from eth0 is the "master"? This seems to be an issue with Gnome's NetworkManager.