Re: how not to initialize HD

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On 08/06/2010 11:55 AM, JB wrote:
> JB <jb.123abc <at> yahoo.com> writes:
> 
> Hi,
> let me follow the previous post with another example.
> 
> One more "rule to follow" with regard to partitions:
> http://www.lissot.net/partition/partition-03.html
> ...
> Unlike primary partitions, logical partitions must be contiguous. Each logical
> partition contains a pointer to the next logical partition, ...
> 
> OK.
> Now another example of a disk layout (also Paul Cartwright's, but a different
>  computer - Dell XPS desktops):
> Btw Paul, is that disk also partitioned by Anaconda tool ?
> 
> Between partitions 2 and 4 there is a free space marked as "logical".
>  
>    Logical   219463964*  219463964      0           1*Free Space           
> None
> 
> It is clearly outside of the Extended partition range.
> How comes it is called "logical" if it violates the rule of contiguousness ?
> 
> # cfdisk -Ps
> Partition Table for /dev/sda
> 
>                First       Last
>  # Type       Sector      Sector   Offset    Length   Filesystem Type (ID) 
> Flag
> -- ------- ----------- ----------- ------ ----------- -------------------- ----
>  1 Primary           0      128519     63      128520 Dell Utility (DE)    
> None
>  2 Primary      128520   219463963*     0   219335444*HPFS/NTFS (07)       
> Boot
>    Logical   219463964*  219463964      0           1*Free Space           
> None


The space immediately above lies between the end of partition 2 and the start of
partition 4 (your extended partition), which maps in front of partition 3.

It is unused, and *UNUSABLE* space (unusable, due to the fact that it is
*impossible* to map it with a partition id given your current partition layout).

Labeling it as "logical" is, well, not logical, in that it isn't a logical
partition. In fact, it's not a partition at all, as noted by the fact that it
doesn't have a partition id #). Labling it as "void" would be a more accurate
description of this disk space.

The only way to claim this space would be to backup everything on the disk,
repartition without leaving a "void", and then restore.

Since it is only 1 sector big, I wouldn't bother with trying to reclaim it. (It
may, in fact, not be reclaimable -- in Linux, partitioning is usually done on
cyl boundaries).

- -Greg

>  4 Primary   219463965   615401954      0   395937990 W95 Ext'd (LBA) (0F) 
> None
>  5 Logical   219463965   223672994     63     4209030 Linux swap / So (82) 
> None
>  6 Logical   223672995   265618709     63    41945715 Linux (83)           
> Boot
>  7 Logical   265618710   615401954     63   349783245 Linux (83)           
> None
>  3 Primary   615401955   625137344      0     9735390 CP/M / CTOS / . (DB) 
> None
> 
> # fdisk -l
> 
> Disk /dev/sda: 320.1 GB, 320072933376 bytes
> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
> Disk identifier: 0xe686f016
> 
>    Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
> /dev/sda1               1           8       64228+  de  Dell Utility
> /dev/sda2   *           9       13661   109667722    7  HPFS/NTFS
> /dev/sda3           38308       38913     4867695   db  CP/M / CTOS / ...
> /dev/sda4           13662       38307   197968995    f  W95 Ext'd (LBA)
> /dev/sda5           13662       13923     2104483+  82  Linux swap / Solaris
> /dev/sda6   *       13924       16534    20972826   83  Linux
> /dev/sda7           16535       38307   174891591   83  Linux
> 
> JB
> 
> 


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Please also check the log file at "/dev/null" for additional information.
                (from /var/log/Xorg.setup.log)

| Greg Hosler                                   ghosler@xxxxxxxxxx    |
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