# BONUS: primary partition {% hint style="info" %} **Primary partition**: The only partition on which an OS can be installed. There can only be 4 primary partitions per hard drive or 3 primary and one extended. {% endhint %} {% hint style="info" %} **Secondary/Extended partition**: It was designed to break the 4 primary partition limitation on a single physical disk. There can only be one partition of this type per disk, and it only serves to contain logical partitions. {% endhint %} We will start by creating this:

1. We will create a new partition.

2. As the subject indicates, the size of the partition must be 500 megabytes.

3. We choose the type of partition. We choose primary because it will be the partition where the Operating System will be installed.

4. We will select beginning because we want the new partition to be created at the beginning of the available space.

5. In the following screenshot it shows the details of the partition. We will modify the mount point as specified in the subject.

6. We choose boot as the mount point for our partition.

7. We finish configuring the current partition.

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