[NTLUG:Discuss] hdax assignments with logical drives

[micky john]

oooooohhhh yeah, its coming back to me now.  I knew basic linux a year ago, 
but haven't messed with it for a year.  Thanks guys!
-Micky
>From: Jay Cox <sqrtofone at yahoo.com>
>Reply-To: discuss at ntlug.org
>To: <discuss at ntlug.org>
>Subject: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] hdax assignments with logical drives
>Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2002 18:33:49 -0600 (CST)
>
>On Wed, 30 Jan 2002, micky john wrote:
>
> > Hello all,
> > Does anyone have a good explination why my first logical drive (created 
>in
> > MsDos fdisk) is assigned hda5, not hda2?  I would understand hda3, where
> > hda2 was the extended partition, but not skipping 3 hda numbers.  If 
>not, no
> > worries, because I figured it out anyway.
> > ps, whats a good site for newbies trying to learn linux theory?
> > -Micky
> >
>
>Here's my guess.
>
>Fact: you can have up to four primary partitions or say 3 primary + 1
>extended.
>
>Say i have one large non-extended partion and i want to erase it and make
>two smaller non-extended partions (say one for dos 6.2 and the other for
>windows 98 (nevermind how they get into the partitions :-) by having the
>logical-partions start at hda5, the logical partitions would not have to
>be renumbered.
>
>btw, i dont recommend using a website to learn linux theory unless you
>have two computers.  (I only had one most of the time and I just used a
>few books).  besides you could probably get some not-too-bad books for
>cheap.
>
>
>
>Jay Cox
>
>
>
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