Does boot from hdb2 matter?

Mon Nov 20 06:23:42 CST 2006

Dr.? :) That's something new.

Leaving it as is will work just fine.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: linuxsa-bounces at linuxsa.org.au 
> [mailto:linuxsa-bounces at linuxsa.org.au] On Behalf Of Dr Brian Astill
> Sent: Monday, 20 November 2006 3:23 PM
> To: Linux SA
> Subject: Does boot from hdb2 matter?
> 
> 
> OK so I thought that hdb1 and hdb2 were both empty and, as hdb1 is 
> slightly larger than hdb2, Ubuntu Edgy would install itself 
> there.
> 
> BUT - hdb1 was NOT empty.
> 
> Thus Edgy is on the Active partition which is hdb2, leaving hdb1 
> as an area usable for something else.
> 
> Does this arrangement matter?
> Should I erase data from hdb1 and copy ALL hdb2 files to hdb1? 
> (That in itself presents problems with symlinks, special system 
> files, and the like).
> Would it be OK to leave things as they are and use hdb1 for (eg) 
> my clipart collection?
> 
> -- 
> Regards,
> Brian
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