Primary vs logical partitions

["Howard Mann" <archiver@db.geocrawler.com>]

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Hi,

I am planning to install Debian on a new ( empty)
hard disk (/dev/hdb). It will be the only OS on 
this disk. I will use LILO on /dev/hda to boot 
Debian.I plan to create separate partitions for 
the following:

/
swap
/usr     <<<<<<<logical
/usr/local   <<<<<<<<logical
/home      <<<<<<<<<logical

My question is: Do / and/or swap _have_ to be 
primary partitions, and, if so, why ?

I'd appreciate guidance in this matter.

Thanks,

Howard Mann.





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