[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Joseph Fannin) writes: [snip]
> Intel Macs use GPT partition tables, which support a huge number > of primary partitions, and so don't support secondary partitions. > 32bit Windows does not support GPT, so PC-style MBR partition tables > must also be used. GPT was designed to coexist with MBR tools, so > this mostly works, but you're limited to the union of supported > features -- 4 primary partitions, no secondaries. There is a very simple solution to this obscure problem: (if I understand correctly, you want to dual boot Mac OS X and Linux (and maybe also Windows?)) use LVM, thus allowing you to have as many volumes as you like in the partition -- Jeremy Maitin-Shepard - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/