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<H2><A NAME="s31">31. Appendix K: Example V: Dual Drive System</A></H2>
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A dual drive system offers less opportunity for clever schemes but
the following should provide a simple starting point.
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Partition sda sdb
---- ----
1 boot lib
2 swap news
3 /tmp swap
4 /usr /var/tmp
5 /var /home
6 / (root)
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<P>If you use a dual OS system you have to keep in mind that many other
systems must boot from the first partition on the first drive. A simple
DOS / Linux system could look like this:
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Partition sda sdb
---- ----
1 DOS lib
2 boot news
3 swap swap
4 /tmp /var/tmp
5 /usr /home
6 /var DOSTEMP
7 / (root)
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<P>Also remember that DOS and Windows prefer there to be just a single
primary partition which has to be the first one where it boots from.
As Linux can happily exist in logical partitions this is not a big
problem.
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