On Mon, 7 Jul 2003 22:18, Brian Astill wrote: > On Mon, 7 Jul 2003 04:08 pm, Kent Stewart wrote: > > On Sunday 06 July 2003 10:45 pm, Brian Astill wrote: > > > On Mon, 7 Jul 2003 05:21 am, Kent Stewart wrote: > > > > > Any ideas on how I mount this logical drive in this extended > > > > > partition ? > > > > > > > > The extended partitions all start at 5 because you can have 4 > > > > primary partitions. > > > > > > Typo! should read "can't" , or "cannot have more than three > > > primary partitions" > > > > Not true. In the handbook in section 2.5.2 you will find the > > following > > Which refers to FREEBSD, not DOS. > It is a DOS logical partition within a DOS extended partition the > enquirer is trying to mount. > > Your information is irrelevant inaccurate and confusing in this context.
The number of primary partitions (slices) was maximum four before I had even heard of FreeBSD. They correspond to the four slots in the partition table in the MBR. A possible point of confusion is that an extended partition is itself a primary partition. It is not the extended partion that appears as slice 5 but a "logical" partition contained within the extended partition. Malcolm _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
