From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Dr. Keith G. Bowden" Subject: Re: partitions Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2004 01:00:59 -0700 Sender: linux-smp-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <016601c4810b$abb25130$0300a8c0@clitoris> References: <004101c480b7$697ff320$c901010a@zoom> <20040812221226.GA27392@boogeyman.armory.com> <016401c480c0$30351d80$c901010a@zoom> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: Paul Gimpelj , Phil White Cc: linux-smp The usual maximum is four under most PC Bios. Others vary. Keith Bowden ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Gimpelj" To: "Phil White" Cc: "linux-smp" Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2004 4:00 PM Subject: Re: partitions > thanks, > but is there not a way in the modern bios's to have a second primary > partition table after the first one? > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Phil White" > To: "Paul Gimpelj" > Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2004 6:12 PM > Subject: Re: partitions > > > > Not primary partitions, but you can have lots of partitions in an extended > > partition. I think the limit there is 32, giving a theoretical maximum of > > 128. > > > > -Phil/CERisE > > > > On Thu, Aug 12, 2004 at 05:57:48PM -0400, Paul Gimpelj wrote: > > > Is it possible to have more than 4 partitions on a 160gb ide drive? > > > > > > > > > thanks. > > > > > > > > > - > > > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-smp" in > > > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > > > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-smp" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html