From:	"Ben Peddell" <killer DOT lightspeed AT bigpond DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: Partition/Cluster problem with sources...
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On linux, hd*1...hd*4 are primary partitions, while hd*5 and upwards are
extended partitions.
Was the harddrive partitioned with a third-party fdisk? MS fdisk places
extended partitions on a 'string', whilst it looks to me that hda7 is
sharing its 'bead' with hda6.
Here's an example of what I think may be going on:

MBR:
0:    Primary (hda1)(C:)
1:    Extended (hda5...hda9)
2:    Empty
3:    Empty

Extended1:
0:    Primary (hda5)(D:)
1:    Extended (hda6...hda9)
2:    Empty
3:    Empty

Extended2:
0:    Primary (hda6)(E:)
1:    Primary (hda7)(H:)
2:    Extended (hda8...hda9)
3:    Empty

Extended3:
0:    Primary (hda8)(F:)
1:    Extended (hda9)
2:    Empty
3:    Empty

Extended4:
0:    Primary (hda9)(G:)
1:    Empty
2:    Empty
3:    Empty


Here's the order:
MBR->Prim (hda1)
MBR->Ext1->Prim (hda5)
     Ext1->Ext2->Prim (hda6)
           Ext2->Ext3->Prim (hda8)
                 Ext3->Ext4->Prim (hda9)
           Ext3->Prim (hda7)

Here's what the order would be if more than one primary partition existed in
the MBR (I have 3 Prim's and 1 Ext):
MBR->Prim (hda1)
MBR->Ext1->Prim (hda5)
MBR->Prim (hda2)
MBR->Prim (hda3)

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