Jay F. Shachter composed on 2023-07-16 09:21 (UTC-0500):
> I have a computer, with an MBR-partitioned disk, that is configured to
> perform Legacy boot. Microsoft Windows is installed on three primary
> partitions, because that is what Windows does
It did that because you didn't take control. It's your computer. If you only
give Windows one acceptable option, that's what it will use. So, partition
in advance. Following is an example based on one of my older Dell's old HDD:
|ID |ux|Type, description|Format |Related |VolumeLabel|OS2-LVM/LABEL |Size
MiB |
+--[/dev/sda MBR disk 1]--------+--------+-----------[Toshiba
DT01ACA1]+---------+
|01 | |FreeSpace Wasted |-- -- --|-- -- --|- - - - - -| |
1.0|
|01*| 1|Prim 0b FAT32 |FAT32 |FRDOS5.1|P01ST10C |To10P01 WINBOOT |
400.0|
|02*| 2|Prim bb AcrHidden|FAT32 |DFSe11.x|SS10P02DOS |To10P02DOSBOOT |
509.0|
|03>| 3|Prim 83 LinuxNatv|EXT2 |GRUB |03realboot |To10P03 realboot |
400.0|
|04 | 5|Log 82 SunS/SWAP|SWAP |LinuxV1 |SWAPSPACE2 |To10P05 swapper |
4102.0|
|05*| 6|Log 07 Inst-FSys|NTFS |Win NT |P06ST10D |To10P06 WinXP |
6401.0|
|06 | 7|Log 07 DfsNoWarn|- |unknown | |To10P07 Win8 |
48000.0|
|07*| 8|Log 83 LinuxNatv|EXT4 |GRUB |08s151 |To10P08 suse 151 |
10000.0|
|08*| 9|Log 83 LinuxNatv|EXT4 |GRUB |09s423 |To10P09 suse 423 |
10000.0|
Given the above, Windows will use the 48000 MiB space to install 7, 8 or 10,
though you may find it carves that space into two, depending on which Windows
version, and how you answer its questions.
> and every other
> operating system on this computer must find a home for itself within
> the logical partitions carved out of the fourth, extended partition.
Start over the right way, and "all" won't have to. Logicals are perfectly
usable by Linux and Windows both. Once they've booted, nothing that counts
knows which kind of partitions the filesystems live on.
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Felix Miata
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