From: Graeme Vetterlein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
AB> (More precisely: The four primary partitions are always numbered,
AB> and always numbered in table order. The logical partitions are
AB> numbered in chain order. If the chain zigzags over the disk,
AB> then chain order will differ from sector order.
AB> Neither Linux nor DOS has any objection against zigzagging chains.)
The original problem is that W2K would not boot.
The boot.ini file on the W2K filesystem said:
[boot loader]
timeout=20
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000
Professional" /fastdetect
...I'm no W2K expert, but that partition(1) does not sound
like 4 or 3 ...I think when W2K says partition(1) it means
'the first non-empty partition' ... thus when extra partitions
are added it is no longer the first non-empty entry.
I agree entirely. From Q102873:
* W is the partition number. All partitions receive a number except
for type 5 (MS-DOS Extended) and type 0 (unused) partitions, with
primary partitions being numbered first and then logical drives.
NOTE: The first valid number for W is 1.
Thus, adding partitions in a formerly unused slot will change
Windows partition numbers.
THUS I suspect W2K does have a problem with zig-zagging chains
This is just slot ordering, I think.
No relation to sector ordering.
Andries
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