Thanks Boy; On Tue, 2007-06-19 at 19:22 +0200, Boy Hartsuiker wrote: > William Case <billlinux@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > [snip] > > It does that because the first partition is an extended partition (5-9 are > contained in no. 1). > The maximum number of extended plus primary partitions on a single drive > is 4 so it reserves 2-4 > for the other 3 partitions that might be added later. This actually keeps > the numbers in order > relative to the end and start of the partitions. > The numbers can only be changed if you repartition the disk. I suppose it > CAN be done without > destroying the data on the disk, but it wouldn't be easy. Now I think I remember. Back about FC4 or FC5, when my partitions where hdb1, hdb2, hdb3 etc. the Fedora install tried to foist LVM on me. I valiantly fought back, but ended up with hdb1, hdb5, hdb6 etc. I thought I had done something wrong, but my Linux continued to work so a left it alone, promising myself I would get back to it someday. Today was going to be "some day". But, after the explanations from Jeff and Boy, I guess "some day" is never. Thanks all. -- Regards Bill
