On 07/19/15 16:55, Robert Nichols wrote: > On 07/19/2015 02:44 PM, Gordon Messmer wrote: >> On 07/19/2015 11:36 AM, g wrote: >>>> Logical partitions within the extended partition will always be >>>>> numbered consecutively starting with 5. If you delete or merge >>>>> some logical partitions, all of the higher partition numbers will >>>>> shift down. >>> if you can post a mutual site that i can upload a jpg, i would be more >>> than happy to upload a shot of 'disk utility' showing; >>> >>> sdb1 sdb2 sdb3 sdb6 sdb5 >>> 12 GB NTFS 2.1 GB Swap 11 GB ext4 32 GB ext4 23 GB ext4 >> >> In your case, "sdb5" appears to be listed in the logical partition table >> before "sdb6", but describe an area that appears further into the disk. >> >> That doesn't contradict what Robert wrote. > > Indeed. Partitions 5 and 6 are _numbered_ consecutively, they just > aren't _arranged_ consecutively on the disk. Some tools will list > them in disk order, some in numerical order. A GUI tool that shows > a graphical map of the disk will, of course, be showing them in > disk order. > robert & gorden, you both are correct. after reading your replies, i decided to look at partitions to see what i may have been doing to have such partitions. iirc, sdb5 was actually a part of sdb3 before i decided to cut down size of sdb3. while looking at what was on partitions, i decide to move files to a better place and get rid of the no longer need ntfs. new config is; sdb1 sdb5 sdb6 sdb7 2 GB /boot 2.1 GB swap 11 GB / 65 GB /home with further cutting up of sdb1 for a fedora install, after i finish reading up on 'efi' and going back thru all the post about 'efi' partitioning. -- If Bill Gates got a dime for every time Windows crashes... ...oh, wait. He does. THAT explains it! -+- in a world with out fences, who needs gates. CentOS GNU/Linux 6.6 tc,hago. g . -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
