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QUOTE (Jason @ Forum 2004) |
An extended partition is the only kind of partition that can have multiple partitions inside. Think of it like a box that contains other boxes, the logical partitions. The extended partition can't store anything, it's just a holder for logical partitions. The extended partitions is a way to get around the fact you can only have four primary partitions on a drive. You can put lots of logical partitions inside it. hda is the whole drive hda1 is a primary partition hda2 is a primary partition hda4 is an extended partition hda5 is an logical partition hda6 is an logical partition You will never see hda4 mounted, just hda5 and hda6, in this case. Note that Linux numbers primary partitions 1-4, logical partitions start at 5 and up, even if there are less than 4 primary partitions. |
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