John Aldrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Wed, 31 May 2000, you wrote:
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> >
> > > On 31 May, Charles Curley wrote:
> > > > -> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
> > > > -> /dev/hda1 1 277 2094088+ 6 FAT16
> > > > -> /dev/hda2 278 556 2109240 5 Extended
> > > > -> /dev/hda3 * 557 563 52920 83 Linux
> > > > -> /dev/hda4 564 1268 5329800 83 Linux
> > > > -> /dev/hda5 278 556 2109208+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
> > > > hda1-4 should be either primary or extended partitions.
> >
> > They are aren't they? 1,3,4 are primary partitions, 2 is extended.
> >
> AFAIK, you can NOT have a primary partition within an
> extended partition. You can only have LOGICAL partitions
> within an extended partition.
I never said you could! We have this:
+--------------+
| hda1 |
| Primary |
+--------------+
| hda2 |
| Extended |
| +----------+ |
| |hda5 | |
| |Logical | |
| +----------+ |
+--------------+
| hda3 |
| Primary |
+--------------+
| hda4 |
| Primary |
+--------------+
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