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On Sat, 28 Nov 2015 07:27:18 -0500, waltdnes@××××××××.org wrote: |
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> > Hm, I don't consider extended partitions as primary ones but as |
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> > extended ones. When I need more than four partitions, I create three |
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> > primary ones, an extended one and logical ones within the extended |
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> > one. Why would I do that any other way? |
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> > You cannot have a primary partition that covers the entire disk and |
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> > then some. |
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> OK, Primary and/or Extended partitions are numbered 1-to-4. Logical |
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> partitions within extended partitions are numbered 5 and up. |
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And an extended partition is a special type of primary partition. |
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Or you can avoid all this legacy idiocy and confusion by using GPT, which |
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lets you have a sensible number of partitions without fragile kludges. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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