What is the difference between logical and primary partition type and between beginning and end location of the partition.What partition type should I choose for the main partition with ext3 filesystem type and for swap partition?
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Re: Kubuntu installation question
A logical partition sits inside a extended partition. A primary one directly on the disk. They are functionally the same, except that windows can't boot from a logical partition.
Extended partitions are a kind of trick to allow you to have more than four partitions on a disk. You can have 3 primary partitions, one extended, and inside the extended partition, as much logical partitions as you need.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primary_partition
Linux will use logical and primary partitions the same way. If you have 3 or less partitions, make them primary (just for the sake of simplicity).
Javier.
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