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Lawrence D'Oliveiro to All

Re: Why Does Windows Seven Need So Many

27 Feb 11 12:07:10

   XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy   
   From: ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand   

   In message , Erik_jan wrote:   

   > On my computer I have three partitions for my linux installation, root,   
   > swap and home. I do not know however whether all these must be primary or   
   > not.   

   They can be anything you like. On my oldest Linux box, the swap is a primary   
   partition, while both the OS installation and /home are extended.   

   Linux even automatically recognizes other partition formats besides the   
   common DOS/Windows one. You simply don’t have to care.   

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