Gregory Hosler <ghosler <at> redhat.com> writes:
> ...
> The partitions created in the extended partition are commonly refereed to as
> "logical partitions". In Linux you may have up to 11 logical partitions.
> ...
> Any disk in the extended partition that is not mapped by a logical
> partition, is not accessable until it is. If you run out of logical
> partitions, then it is not accessible.
>
> When the installer looks for disk space to lay down an install, the above are
> the rules that it must follow. Therefore it will look for unmapped disk space,
> and a partition id (or id's) to map that unmapped disk space.
> ...
Hi,
in the context of what you said above ...
I have included the result of F13 live cd anaconda partitioning done on Paul
Cartwright's disk (the older thread with the same name dedicated to fixing
it).
Can you explain the meaning of the last item (Free space)
Logical 192425984* 192426569 0 586*Free Space
None
being named "logical" and at the same being outside of extended
partition's range
4 Primary 105076736* 192425983* 0 87349248*Extended (05)
None
Should it be called "None" like the Unusable partition between 3 and 2 ?
Is that space mapped ("logical") or not ?
Will the installer (e.g. anaconda) know about it ?
Here are the outputs:
# cfdisk -Ps
Partition Table for /dev/sda
First Last
# Type Sector Sector Offset Length Filesystem Type (ID)
Flag
-- ------- ----------- ----------- ------ ----------- -------------------- ----
1 Primary 0 71682029 63 71682030 HPFS/NTFS (07)
Boot
3 Primary 71682030 100978904* 0 29296875*Linux (83)
None
None 100978905* 100980735* 0 1831*Unusable
None
2 Primary 100980736* 105076735* 0 4096000*Linux swap / So (82)
None
4 Primary 105076736* 192425983* 0 87349248*Extended (05)
None
5 Logical 105076736* 192425983* 2048# 87349248*Linux (83)
None
Logical 192425984* 192426569 0 586*Free Space
None
# fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 98.5 GB, 98522403840 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 11978 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xa8a8a8a8
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 4462 35840983+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 6286 6541 2048000 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda3 4463 6286 14648437+ 83 Linux
Partition 3 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda4 6541 11978 43674624 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 6541 11978 43673600 83 Linux
Partition table entries are not in disk order
JB
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