Chasecreek Systemhouse wrote: > > So, I'm back to square one using only one HD - > > /dev/hda1 is WinXP/2003 Server > /dev/hda2 is /boot > /dev/hda3 is swap > /dev/hda4 is Extended (yadda yadda) with /dev/hda5 being Linux root / > > Normally I manually just set /dev/hda4 as the last primary without any > extendeds but will try Mikkel's suggestion about using Partition 0 > (/dev/hda1) as Extended and see what's what then =) > A couple of things to keep in mind - if you change hda4 to a primary partition, you stand a good change of losing the information on the logical partition /dev/hda5. The reason for this is that the start of the logical partition and the start of the extended partition are not the same. If I remember right, there is a one sector offset between the start of the extended partition, and the start of the first logical partition. (The same as the offset between the start of the drive, and the first partition.) Now, the specifications say that you can only have one extended partition, but a Windows extended partition and a Linux extended partition are different partition types. Linux can create logical drives on a Windows extended partition, but Windows ignores a Linux extended partition. As a result of this, it you can break the rules and still have it work. It is not good practice, and you may run into tools that have a problem with it. It is interesting to play with on a test system. I am not sure if it is a good idea to expose students to this or not. On one hand, it is something that the book says should not work, and it may not continue to work. On the other hand, it is sometimes good to know that sometimes things work in the real world in ways other then the book says they should... Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
