On 2009/03/18 08:07 (GMT+0100) jdd composed:
Felix Miata a écrit :
On 2009/03/17 22:56 (GMT+0100) jdd composed:
the recommandation to always let Windows partition it's part of the disk and only thereafter do the Linux part may be still valuable :-)
I don't think it ever was a good idea...For years I've recommended picking one partitioning tool, and using that only, to do 100% of all partitioning within a system.
it's from the fdisk manual itself:
"Usually all goes well by default, and there are no problems if Linux is the only system on the disk. However, if the disk has to be shared with other operating systems, it is often a good idea to let an fdisk from another operating system make at least one partition. When Linux boots it looks at the partition table, and tries to deduce what (fake) geometry is required for good cooperation with other systems."
Likely that dates back more than 10 years to when a commonly used Linux partitioner was RedHat's Disk Druid, with its propensity to create partitions unaligned to "cylinder" boundaries. I've seen talk not so long ago about dropping fdisk as a standard part from at least one distro (I don't remember which). There are several better than fdisk. I never use it. I stand by my recommendation, as long as you choose a tool known to be compatible with M$ partitioning tradition. The one I use runs natively in DOS, Windoz, Linux, OS/2 & Mac, and is thus fully compatible with all five. For newer systems there is GPT, which is a standard that should eliminate compatibility issues altogether. -- "The plans of the diligent lead to profit as surely as haste leads to poverty." Proverbs 21:5 NIV Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org