Jonathan Brandmeyer wrote: > dmesg shows this interesting entry: > Partition check: > hda: hda1 > hdb: hdb1 hdb2 hdb3 hdb4 <hdb5> > > and the view in cfdisk is: > Size: 60040544256 bytes > hdb1 Boot Primary Linux ext2 509.97 > hdb2 Primary Linux swap 1019.94 > hdb3 Primary Linux ext2 30721.43 > hdb5 Logical Linux 1998.75 > Logical Free Space 25786.26 > > What if hdb4 is actually a primary partition that I cannot see? This would > violate the partitioning rules, wouldn't it?
That's just the result of the way cfdisk deals with extended partitions. It doesn't show them in the main partition listing for some unknown reason, but if you use the [ Print ] option, hdb4 will show up there as partition # 4. Tom -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
