If you intend to not use boot disks all the time then it is. Most BIOSes can't boot on a partition beyond the 1023rd cylender. What most people do is just make a small (~50 meg) /boot partition at the ...

I have some USBFDs here on which I have live distribs. Is there a tool similar to Partition Magic (Windows) which allows you to dynamically enlarge Linux and related partitions on a USBFD without ...

Automatic partitioning is safe and fast for standard installs—choose it if unsure. Manual partitioning is needed if you dual-boot, use LVM, or want separate filesystems for different partitions. Plan ...