On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 10:30:06AM +0800, Umarzuki Mochlis wrote: > 2009/9/13 Kumar Appaiah: > > On Sat, Sep 12, 2009 at 10:22:57PM -0400, Long Wind wrote: > >> sda3 is a extended partition > >> it has 3 logical partitions, sda5 thru sda7 > >> can I install linux on sda6? > > > > Yes, this can be done. From my mount output: > > > > /dev/sda6 on / type ext3 (rw,errors=remount-ro) > > /dev/sda7 on /home type ext3 (rw) > > > > The boot loader (at least Grub) can load components from logical > > partitions, I belive. Someone can correct inaccuracies in my > > statement. > > > > at least with ext3, last time i tried ext4, it want at least /boot as > primary partition.
Thanks for letting me know. Since I use ext3 on all my partitions, I did not have to face this. I believe grub has to be patched to be able to see ext4 /boot partitions. Thanks. Kumar -- Kumar Appaiah
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