[conspire] Kubuntu Parted Question

[Tony Godshall]

Boot flag is what DOS bootloaders use to distinguish between data
and OS partitions.  It's irrelevant if your bootloader is grub.

On Nov 10, 2007 9:52 PM, John Andrews <jla1200 at netzero.net> wrote:
> Disk /dev/sda: 15.4GB
> Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
> Partition Table: msdos
>
> Number  Start   End     Size    Type     File system  Flags
>  1      32.3kB  15.4GB  15.4GB  primary  fat32        boot, lba
>
>
>
> Disk /dev/sdb: 41.1GB
> Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
> Partition Table: msdos
>
> Number  Start   End     Size    Type      File system  Flags
>  1      32.3kB  6292MB  6292MB  primary   ext3         boot
>  3      6292MB  12.6GB  6292MB  primary   ext3
>  2      40.3GB  41.1GB  773MB   extended
>  5      40.3GB  41.1GB  773MB   logical   linux-swap
>
>
> Is it all right to have 2 partitions marked with boot flag?
>
> What does boot flag mean and do?
>
> Should I have the lba flag on other primary partitions?
>
> Why are both Partition Tables msdos?
>
>
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