On Tue, 18 Feb 1997, Bruce Perens wrote: > OK - I went back a few messages and you did show us your partition table. > > > Boot Begin Start End Blocks System > > /dev/hda1 * 1 1 163 82120+ Linux native > > /dev/hda2 164 164 244 40824 Linux swap > > > > /dev/hda3 245 245 1260 512064 Linux native > > /dev/hda4 1024 1261 2484 616896 Extended > > Am I reading this right? Could the extended partition in hda3 be > overlapping the one in hda4? I see hda3 ending at 1260 and hda4 > beginning at 1024. I think the problem is that I don't understand > extended partitions, and thus I don't see what the difference is > between "begin" and "start". > > > /dev/hda5 1024 1261 1870 307408+ Linux native > > /dev/hda6 1024 1871 2484 309424+ Linux native
Something is wrong here. If Extended means what it does in the dos world i.e. as opposed to primary, something is very wrong. hda1-4 should be primary and hda5-... would be extended. This means that when it says Extended, Extended is a type, such as linux native, dos fat, HPFS, NTFS. Shaya -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
