A quick partition primer.

I just finished installing OpenSUSE 10.2 on my laptop. While the process went without a hitch (image gallery of the install with instructions and potential stumbling blocks to follow later today) and SUSE even recognized my wireless cards immediately, I realized that a basic understanding of disk partitions would be helpful, whether you live in L’Unix-land or Windows World. So here goes (experienced partitioners need not read any further unless you’d like some training materials for other users).read more