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From: | "Ben Peddell" <killer DOT lightspeed AT bigpond DOT com> |
Newsgroups: | comp.os.msdos.djgpp |
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Subject: | Re: Partition/Cluster problem with sources... |
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Date: | Wed, 15 Jan 2003 23:28:57 +1000 |
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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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