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Sometime on May 25, Raj Parekh assembled some asciibets to say:
> >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.
When you do fdisk, press l to list all partition types. The hex number on
the left of each type is the media descriptor of that type. It is
basically a number that tells the system what kind of a file system is on
that partition.
set it to 5 for extended partition. There is no difference between
DOS/Linux/OS2 or any OS. extended partition is always 5. It has no file
system because it is meant to contain other partitions. You can also use
85 which is linux extended.
Philip
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