Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (1587 mails)

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Joe Ryan wrote:
> 
> I have installed suse 5.3 for the second time and am still frustrated.
> I came to Linux to get away from a bunch of programmers in Redmond, WA.
> dictating how my machine is configured and what do I find?  YaST will
> only allow me to partition four (4) primary partitions;  no extended
> partitions, no logical drives.  I'm pissed!  What gives??  Is it all
> programmers goal in life to dictate how other people's investment in
> hardware conform to the programmers idea of how a machine should be laid
> out?
> 

I very seldom have used Yast for doing the partitioning of drives.
I know that the linux fdisk will let you make extended partitons
and logical drives.
You could make a boot and root floppy, such as the Suse boot
and rescue floppies. Then from the rescue disk command line ,
run fdisk.
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