Primary vs Logical Partitions?

Scott (angrykeyboarder) geekboy at angrykeyboarder.com
Thu Sep 6 20:58:35 UTC 2007


Lea Gris spake thusly :
> James Taji a écrit :
>
>> Not exactly, an extended partition IS a primary partition. 1 of the 4
>> primary partitions can be an extended partition.ing a partition table
> 
> Exactly, and, if you intend on using a whole disk, there is no real need
> in adding partitions at all. Just create the filesystem on the root
> block device like /dev/hdb instead /dev/hdb1 ... 2 ... 3
> 
> Avoiding a partition table wil save a few blocks and will save
> boundaries limitations affecting partition start and end.

Hey! Thanks for that. :)


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