On 03/03/2010 12:15 PM, Mihamina Rakotomandimby wrote: >> Jatin K<ssh.fedora@xxxxxxxxx> : >> I've facing one problem ( doing partitioning practice on 10GB IDE >> hard-disk ) >> > I dont understand why is it really a problem. > > *what if you are on RHCE exam ...... and question is related to partitioning a hdd in said partitions and mount points * >> if I go ahead with this and create other partition / goes to hda5 >> why like this ???? >> > On old disks, and I dont know the real reasons, you only have 4 primary > partitions. > The other partitions over those 4 are "logical" ones. > > Logical partitions are hda5+ > > When you created 4 primary partitions, the system automatically create > the 4th one as extended and places the other partitions are hda5+. > > > -- °v° /(_)\ ^ ^ Jatin Khatri Registerd Linux user No #501175 www.counter.li.org No M$ -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines