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Number   :  4434
Date     :  2003-04-24
Author   :  CBFalconer
Subject  :  Re: Copying from XP OS when Win 98 OS is active
Size(KB) :  1


Kan Yabumoto wrote:
> 
... snip ...
> 
> I'm not sure there is such a thing as second primary partition.
> My understanding is that the first partition on a drive is
> called primary partition. Other partitions (if you create
> them) are called extended partitions. These are the terms
> used by FDISK. The second point I don't quite understand
> is your description drive letter of (*). What is that?

There is, but I believe Windoze won't handle them properly. The
primary partition map has room for 4 partitions. Normally one of
these is set to point to the primary or boot or C partition, and
another is set to describe the extended partition(s). That leaves
two entries free. These can be used for such things as a Linux
boot partition (which it is advisable to keep in the low end of
the disk for various reasons) or other things. I think funny
routines such as the systems for making large disks visible on old
bioses also go there.

The extended partition repeats the scheme. It can have up to 4
partitions, one or more of which can point to further extended
partitions. The other entries can describe so called drives
within the extended partition. More intelligent OSs understand
all this.

Think of the Russian nested dolls.

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