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Re: Disk partition problem
On Mon, 8 Apr 1996 amitm@doronx.iso.dec.com wrote:
> Simply put, I have actually created 2 primary + 2 extended partitions using
humm... so far two extended partitions was not allowd, as far as I
tried... maybe it was an old fdisk that tryed to stay compatable with DOS...
> My question is this: Ira said:
>
> > /dev/hda1 DOS boot C:
> > /dev/hda2 Extended:
> > /dev/hda5 Dos D:
> > /dev/hda6 Dos E:
> > /dev/hda7 Dos F:
> > /dev/hda8 Extra Linux
> > /dev/hda9 Linux swap
> > /dev/hda3 Linux swap or some boot manager (OS/2?)
> > /dev/hda4 Linux boot
>
> How do you make more than 4 partitions in a single extended?
same fdisk I talked about earlyer... humm, something DID smell
non-standard to me even back then... it didn't let me define more than
one extended but didn't limit the number of partitions in it... can't
remember the version :-(
NM, that old system I experimented on is long gone, and it seems your
scheme is the right one...
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