On Fri, Dec 05, 2003 at 12:50:32AM +0800, Stephen Liu wrote: > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/hde1 * 1 13 104391 83 Linux > /dev/hde2 14 78 522112+ 82 Linux swap > /dev/hde3 79 736 5285385 83 Linux > /dev/hde4 737 1245 4088542+ f Win95 Ext'd (LBA) > /dev/hde5 737 1245 4088511 83 Linux > > According to my recollection I only created 4 partitions The primary partition table on the disk can only contain four partitions. If you want more than that, you must create one of those partitions as a sort of partition container. The partition container is a partition that contains more partitions (secondary partitions). A simple rule of thumb is that if you make more than 3 partitions, the additional ones should be secondary partitions. Having four partitions under that rule of thumb is an odd case, since obviously 4 partitions fits nicely into the four primary partitions. :-) *shrug* One of those things... Something odd: if you create one primary partition and one secondary partition, you'll probably end up with hda1 and hda5, since hda4 will be the partition used to create the secondary partition container. I don't know if partition 4 (hda4) is the only one that can be a secondary partition container, or if that's just by convention. I hope that clears up the mystery for you. Regards, Msquared... -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
