Charles Curley wrote:
>
> On Wed, May 31, 2000 at 10:52:22AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> -> On 31 May, Charles Curley wrote:
> -> > -> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
> -> > -> /dev/hda1 1 277 2094088+ 6 FAT16
> -> > -> /dev/hda2 278 556 2109240 5 Extended
> -> > -> /dev/hda3 * 557 563 52920 83 Linux
> -> > -> /dev/hda4 564 1268 5329800 83 Linux
> -> > -> /dev/hda5 278 556 2109208+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
> -> > ->
>
> hda2 is an extended partition, both according to the file system ID and what
> it does: it holds other, logical, partitions within it. hda5 is labeled 7,
> NTFS or HPFS, but it really is an extended partition. I don't know how it
> got created or labled, but it should never have been created, and, having
> been created an extended partition, it should have been IDed as such.
Are you making this up ??? All what is says is that the _logical_
partition (hda5) completely fills the _extended_ partition (hda2),
which is perfectly legal !!!!
NOTHING (I repeat, nothing) says that hda5 is an _extended_ partition
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Jean-Louis Debert [EMAIL PROTECTED]
74 Annemasse France
old Linux fan
