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Philip S Tellis wrote,
>Sometime Today, Raj Parekh assembled some asciibets to say:
>
>> not do with fdisk (Linux). To create a new partition fdisk
>> gives 2 option Primary and logical. But how does one create
>> a extended partition, because without extended partition
>
>Your extended partition is a primary partition, and logical
partitions are created inside it.
>
>You can basically have four primary partitions, and any number of
>them can be specified as extended. All you have to do is set the
>media descriptor using fdisk. Then, create logical partitions
>inside this extended partition and you're through.
What is "media descriptor" ? How does it help in specifying a
partition as extended partition ? Please don't mind my ignorance.
Regards,
Raj.
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