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On Sat, 20 Nov 2010 16:53:25 +0000, David W Noon wrote: |
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> >Really? Please don't tell this computer, it's been booting from a |
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> >logical partition for more than six years. |
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> You must have a newer BIOS than I have on my 2004-vintage box, offering |
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> non-standard BIOS facilities. The ISA-standard BIOS only offers |
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> bootstrap from primary partitions. |
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I have another box at least eight years old, that happily boots from |
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sda5. |
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> Your extended partition begins at sector 124. Any idea what is |
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> occupying sectors 0 - 123 ? |
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No idea, I used cfdisk, which must have decided it was a good idea to |
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leave that area untouched. It doesn't show as free space. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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Failure is not an option...it is integrated with every Microsoft product. |