jdow wrote: > From: "Anne Wilson" <cannewilson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > ===8<--- > 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? > ===8<--- > > I do not understand your question. Any single one of the basic four > partitions can be an extended partition. This may be partition one, two, > three, or four. Logical partitions are numbered 5 on up. The way these > partitions work there seems to be no reason you cannot have a disk with > four extended partitions other than "it doesn't make sense." One is quite > sufficient. > Well, 4 would be overkill. But I can think of times when having more then one would be handy. If you have a drive with more then one OS on it, and you remove one OS, and want to repartition the space freed up, you may end up with a chunk of free space, a primary partition, and the your logical partition. My converting the first partition to a second logical partition, you can split it into several logical drives. (You will probably have to update /etc/fstab and your boot loader after doing it...) Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
