[Novalug] multibooting partition setup
David Lerner
lerner-dave@zai.com
Sat Feb 16 22:11:06 EST 2008
Logical partitions work well with all distributions. I save primary
partitions for Windows and Free BSD.
A shared FAT partition is useful for moving data between Linux and
Windows. A shared ext2 or ext3 partition is useful when working with
different Linux partitions.
Dave
Jay Hart wrote:
> I'm getting ready to multiboot several distros where each distro is getting
> its own partition where the whole file system lives (swap will be shared).
> Should I:
>
> 1. Install each distro to a separate primary partition
> or
> 2. install each distro on a separate logical partition
>
> I will have one shared drive for moving data between the distros if needed.
>
> I can see pros/cons of using each method above, I'm looking for other opinions.
> Jay
>
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