On Tue, 18 Feb 1997, Igor Grobman wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > On Tue, 18 Feb 1997, Shaya Potter wrote: > > > 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. > > No, not exactly. Extended partition itself has to be primary, that is, > one of the first four. Inside the extended partition, you can create > as many logical drives (what people usually call extended partitions) as > you want to. The strange thing is that begin and start numbers don't > coincide. They do coincide for every partition on my machine, which has a > similar setup. I would guess fdisk docs might explain why this would > happen....
Ahm now I understand, got the terms mixed up. But still, when I used fdisk to install debian, I used "extended" partitions and nothing like that showd up. Sjaua -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
