Re: Partitioning on i386

[Jon Fullmer <jon@jonfullmer.com>]

I believe you are correct, Andrew, when dealing with SCSI drives.  But (if
I'm not mistaken) with IDE drives, the maximum is 40 total partitions (3
primary 1 extended 37 logical).

 - Jon

on 8/7/03 6:42 AM, Andrew Kelly at akelly@transparency.org wrote:

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> Benjamin Walkenhorst wrote:
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>> On Donnerstag, 7. August 2003 11:33 urgrue wrote:
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>> Hello,
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>>> Sounds like what you want is to create an extended partition. Into this
>>> you can create logical partitions (I just created ten, I don't know
>>> what the limit is).
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>> Okay, I did not know you can put as many logical partitions into an extended
>> partition as you want. I thought you could create just 4.
> 
> Careful, there is a limit on on logical partitions, too.
> You are allowed 4 primary partitions, or
> 3 primary partitions + 1 extended partion. The extended
> partion is a container partion for logical partitions and,
> as such, not usable for storage. Within the extended partition
> you may create up to 12 logical partitions.
> So, 15 usable parts. are all you'll get.
> 
> Unless of course I'm wrong.
> ;-)
> 
> Andy
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