On 2008/05/31 08:28 (GMT-0400) Jerry Feldman apparently typed:
Felix Miata wrote:
I doubt I have any disks that I installed anything on that have fewer than 4 primaries.
... if you use Part 1 and 2 for Windows (C and D), Part 3 for /boot, then you generally need Partition 4 for the extended.
In addition to those 4 primaries, most of my disks have at least 3 times that many logicals. A primary is every/any partition defined in the partition table that lives in the tail end of the MBR. That makes "the" extended a primary.
But, for the most part, Linux file systems can exist very nicely in logical partitions, and these are more flexible than primaries
To every modern PC OS, there is no difference between a primary and a logical. The only difference between them is the location of their definitions on disk. Definition location on disk is only relevant to boot loaders and partitioners, not operating systems. To a legacy OS like doz 9x, the difference between logical and primary can make a difference, but that's only due to its legacy of design roots in antiquity leading to a stupid crutch to handle LBA addressing on disks >8G. That difference is avoided by using M$'s special 0Fh partition type instead of the usual 05h for the extended table entry. -- ". . . . in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you . . . ." Matthew 7:12 NIV Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org