On Wed, 31 May 2000, John Aldrich wrote:
> On Wed, 31 May 2000, you wrote:
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> >
> > > 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
> > > > hda1-4 should be either primary or extended partitions.
> >
> > They are aren't they? 1,3,4 are primary partitions, 2 is extended.
> >
> AFAIK, you can NOT have a primary partition within an
> extended partition. You can only have LOGICAL partitions
> within an extended partition.
> John
>
But /dev/hda5 is a logical partition, resting in /dev/hda2 (which is the
extended partition).
The ONLY difference between a logical partition and a primary partition,
is the partition number (<5 for primary, >=5 for logical), and that the
logical rest in a extended.
seb
