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position of the swap partition
Hello,
Just a little doubt :
I had installed knoppix on my hd
I have 3 partitions :
hda1 --> winslow98
hda5 --> linux
hda6 --> swap
The doubt : a swap partition can be at the end of the drive, or it's better to set it at the begining of the logical partition ?
Why hda5 and not hda2 ?
Thx
Rico
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The reason your two linux partitions are /dev/hda5 and /dev/hda6 is because your drive was fdisked with DOS/windows, which only allows one primary partition, the second partition has to be an extended partition in DOS. So when you put linux on your HD it went in the extended partition, linux names the extended partition /dev/hda4 and logical partitions are placed inside of it so your first linux partition is /dev/hda5 and your swap is /dev/hda6. BTW linux fdisk allows up to four primary partitions, or three primary and one extended.
I've heard some people say that having the swap at the front of the drive will be slightly faster, many "canned" installs, e-smith router/server for example, make a small /boot partition, then do the swap, and then fill the remaining space with your / partition, which is the easiest way to do it.
HTH
rock
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thX
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