Partitioning question

[Stephen Liu]

Hi Ouattara,

Tks for your advice.

> Let's take a look at that :
> 
>  > /dev/hda1               1        2342    18812083+   5  Extended
>  > /dev/hda5   *           1          31      248944+  83  Linux
>  > /dev/hda6              32        1004     7815591   83  Linux
>  > /dev/hda7            1005        2220     9767488+  83  Linux
>  > /dev/hda8            2221        2342      979933+  82  Linux swap
> /
> 
> /dev/hda1 is Extented : This is not a "real" partition. It's a way to
> 
> permit more than 3 partitions on a disk. 

If I understand it correct, /dev/hda1 is part of the space on HD
allocated to Ubuntu.  In future if the remaining space used totally by
another OS it will be /dev/hda2.  If I'm wrong please correct me.


What about/whereis /dev/hda3 and /dev/hda4?  Tks

Others noted with tks.


B.R.
SL