Hi To a query regarding partition for dual booting ubuntu 14,04 and Windows 7, somebody in the group pointed out, there can be only 4 primary partitions in a HDD.
I stumbled upon the following while searching for details regarding primary/logical partition. ( http://askubuntu.com/questions/149821/my-disk-already-has-4-primary-partitions-how-can-i-install-ubuntu ) The 4-partition limit no longer exists with disks that use the GUID Partition Table (GPT). <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GUID_Partition_Table> GPT supports up to 128 partitions by default and does not include the concepts of primary, extended, or logical partitions (although many tools refer to all GPT partitions as "primary partitions," simply because those tools were written with the older MBR system in mind). Intel-based Macs, the vast majority of computers that shipped with Windows 8, and some computers that shipped with Windows 7 (particularly beginning in mid-2011) all use GPT. Most PCs sold before mid-2011 use the older Master Boot Record (MBR) <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_boot_record> system, which is limited to four primary partitions, one of which may be an extended partition that can hold an earbitrary number of logical partitions. Thus, increasing numbers of readers of this question are likely to find that there is no problem; if the disk is partitioned using GPT, the 4-partition limit simply doesn't exist. Can someone enlighten me on this? Is it mandatory to have all the linux partitions as primary for smooth installation? Regards Dhanagopal R _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc ILUGC Mailing List Guidelines: http://ilugc.in/mailinglist-guidelines
