I was asked a question by my friend who is trying to install Linux on
his new PC fitted with a 2 disk Raid array (SATA disks).
Is there a restriction on the number of partitions you can have within
an 'extended' partition?
He is getting an error report when trying to make the '/Home' partitio
On 15/01/11 21:09, Clive A Wills wrote:
I was asked a question by my friend who is trying to install Linux on
his new PC fitted with a 2 disk Raid array (SATA disks).
Is there a restriction on the number of partitions you can have within
an 'extended' partition?
He is getting an error report wh
Hi John
Thanks for that info: do you know if it's less for Win XP? He's used
Partition Magic to partition the drives.
C A Wills
On 15/01/11 22:31, John Carlyle-Clarke wrote:
On 15/01/11 21:09, Clive A Wills wrote:
I was asked a question by my friend who is trying to install Linux on
his new
Hi Clive,
> > > Is there a restriction on the number of partitions you can have
> > > within an 'extended' partition?
> > >
> > > He is getting an error report when trying to make the '/Home'
> > > partition, along the lines of 'cannot make 17th partition'.
> > > Installation has produced the '/'
Hi Clive,
> > > The limit to the number of logical partions is OS dependant. For
> > > IDE/SATA disks on Linux I'm pretty sure it's 64.
>
> I think John's right. Three usable primaries, the fourth primary is
> the extended one so isn't used directly but can contain up to 60
> logical partitions.
Hi Ralph
Thanks for all the info, I've just passed both your last emails on to
him and it sounds as if you've found why the fault happens. He will get
back to me with the outcome and if it clears the problem. His set-up is
complicated and that may not be helpful and he's trying to be too clev
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