how many partitions/os can I put on 1 hdd

[Derek Broughton]

Nils Kassube wrote:

> anthony baldwin wrote:
>> Is there a limit to the number of partitions and OSs
>> I can put on one hdd (beyond space limitations, of course)?
> 
> There are 4 primary partitions. One of them can be an entry for an
> extended partition. Linux can handle (I think - but I can't find a
> reference) 63 logical partitions within the secondary partition. That
> makes 66 partitions overall.

hmm.  That's not the way I understand it, but I haven't experimented.  As I
understand, a secondary partition may contain up to 15 logical partitions,
but Windows (at least prior to XP) couldn't handle more than one secondary
partition - so 18 partitions for Windows, but up to 60 for Linux (and yes,
scsi or scsi-emulated disks can have fewer).

In any case, it shouldn't be hard to do what Tony wants.

>> It would be one more entry to the grub menu...
> 
> Maybe there is a Grub limit - at least the Grub menu at startup would be a
> lot to read if you would use up all of the possible partitions :)

Again, that shouldn't be a problem here.
> 
>> Does my thinking out loud on the list annoy people?
> 
> There are worse things - and everybody is annoyed by different things :)

LOL. 
-- 
derek