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3.3 On the next wizard page select partition type — Active (Active Pri-
mary), Primary or Logical.
Typically Primary is selected to install an operating system to a parti-
tion. If the partition is for data storage, select Logical.
Select Active, if you want to install an operating system on this parti-
tion to boot at startup.
Note that if you enter over 2 GB size, you will not be able to use the FAT16 file
system on this partition. It will be disabled in the File System wizard page.
Partition type selection window
A hard disk can contain up to 4 primary partitions. If they already exist, Active
and Primary options will be disabled, and you will be able to select only Logical
partition type.
3.4 On the next File System wizard page select a file system. The wizard
will offer you one of Windows file systems — FAT16, FAT32, NTFS, or
Linux file systems — EXT2, EXT3, ReiserFS, Swap, or to leave the par-
tition Unformatted.
More details about the properties of main file systems, the operating systems,
and disks are provided in the A.9 «File System Main Specifications» appendix.
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