If memory serves me right, Eric Hedstrom said on 08.10.99, 10:03 -0700:
> Tom Embt wrote:
>> I've noticed the BSL documentation claims to be able to boot from
>> extended partitions if the OS supports it. Does anyone know if this
>> means Windows can indeed be tricked into doing this? If not, I must
>> wonder what OS's _do_ support such a thing. I don't have the $$ to get
>> a full version of it to play with.
>
> Linux, os/2, and windows NT will boot off extended partitions, for what
> it's worth.
Are you sure about NT ? If memory serves me right at least the first stages
of a NT boot (ntdetect.com, ntldr and boot.ini) must be on primary
partition. NT itself can reside on an extended partition.
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