Thanks for the elaborate answer.
One more thing: linux fdisk shows 3 types of 'extended' partitions (with
hex numbers):
Extended (5)
Linux extended (85)
Win95 Ext'd ( f )
What is the difference between these ??
----- Original Message -----
From: USM Bish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 11:02 PM
Subject: Re: [LIH] extended partitions
> On Thu, Sep 13, 2001 at 01:59:27AM -0700, Namit Bhalla wrote:
> >
> > Is it possible to have extended partitions of both linux as
> > well as DOS on the same hard disk?? I am trying to install
> > PCQLinux 7.1
> >
>
> Partitioning a HDD has nothing to do with the OS. There are only
> two types of partitions:
>
> a) Primary
> b) Extended
>
> The latter (extended) can be subsequently broken into logical
> partitions. It is always better to make primary partitions for
> each OS, so that the boot sectors can be written to the
> partition instead of the MBR. This helps for a multi boot. For
> extended-logical partitions there is only one boot sector for
> all of them combined.
>
> Once you have an extended partition created the system type is
> to be marked for the partition through linux fdisk program.
> DOS / Win fdisk cannot handle non M$ partitions. You can
> subsequently put the file system using mkfs or mke2fs. DOS/ Win
> format can do the same job for M$ partitions created (but not
> for Linux).
>
> HTH
>
> Bish.
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