Bad 10.04 problem

[Tim H.]

>>       Hard Drives are better now with the tiny platters and quick access.
>> As for how many partitions and what kinds, it is simple. You can have 4
>> primary partitions, period. Or you can make one primary partition a
>> special large partition which holds up to I think about 10
>> sub-partitions. They have names for each type but my experience has
>> shown that sub-partitions are in every way as good as primary partitions.

This name of the "sub partitions" are logical partitions.  They are kept 
in a special primary partition called an extended partition. 
Theoretically you can have an unlimited amount of logical partitions, 
however most OS's limit the number to a pretty generous amount.

Tim H.