On Monday 20 March 2006 08:19, jdow wrote: > From: "Anne Wilson" <cannewilson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > One thing I need to know, before I rebuild the partition table. Does > > linux use anything like the DOS extended partition? I've never seen any > > mention of it. > > ===8<--- from "man fdisk" > A DOS type partition table I saw that, but see below > can describe an unlimited number of parti- > tions. In sector 0 there is room for the description of 4 partitions > (called ‘primary’). One of these may be an extended partition; this is > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 'may be an extended partition' - does that mean it should be, or it could be? IOW, would you do it that way? > a box holding logical partitions, with descriptors found in a linked > list of sectors, each preceding the corresponding logical partitions. > The four primary partitions, present or not, get numbers 1-4. Logical > partitions start numbering from 5. > ===8<--- > > Actually I believe multiple extended partitions are a valid if normally > silly construct. > Anne
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