Sven: On Thu, 7 Jan 2016 16:12:51 +0100, you wrote:
>You said in your first mail that /dev/sda6 was swap. And since Linux >always numbers the logical partitions beginning from 5 and /dev/sda1 was >/, /dev/sda2 can only be the extended partition, containing sda5-8. >Simple deduction (and experience with the matter of course). > >(Side-note: this is also why I really like GPT instead of MSDOS as a >partition table. No primary, extended and logical partition nonsense, >kist 128 possible partitions without any special conventions.) Thanks. More of that esoteric knowledge again, comes with experience I know.