On 07/12/2010 11:39 AM, Tom Horsley wrote: > On Mon, 12 Jul 2010 10:42:01 -0700 > Rick Stevens wrote: > >> /dev/sdc5 is an extended partition. > > I boot from extended partitions all the time. I've never > noticed that the bios cared.
Directly from the BIOS or via an intermediary such as grub or lilo? Most multi-OS users use some intermediary boot manager. I don't believe a BIOS can boot an extended partition unless the one in question is the first partition inside the extended partition and the extended partition has its "bootable" flag set. Even then, I'm not sure...haven't tried it in a LONG time. In the OP's case, /dev/sdc5 would probably the first partition inside the extended partition, so it might work. I know grub can boot things inside an extended partition, but I don't think the grub-update (or whatever) utility checks extended partitions. I could be wrong (and often am :-)). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Rick Stevens, Systems Engineer, C2 Hosting ri...@nerd.com - - AIM/Skype: therps2 ICQ: 22643734 Yahoo: origrps2 - - - - If this is the first day of the rest of my life... - - I'm in BIG trouble! - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
