Date: Wed, 02 Sep 1998 20:28:34 -0600 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: Scott Blachowicz <sab@seanet.com>, Scott Blachowicz <sab@seanet.com>, Dan Nelson <dnelson@emsphone.com> Cc: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: MSDOS extended partitions and "slices" Message-ID: <199809030230.UAA03579@lariat.lariat.org> In-Reply-To: <19980902185650.A6944@dniquote.com> References: <199809030146.TAA03143@lariat.lariat.org> <199808021131.FAA12204@lariat.lariat.org> <199808080608.AAA16222@lariat.lariat.org> <199809021901.MAA21131@two.sabami.seaslug.org> <199809022113.PAA00535@lariat.lariat.org> <19980902175652.A11500@emsphone.com> <199809030005.SAA02250@lariat.lariat.org> <19980902172833.A3976@dniquote.com> <199809030043.SAA02590@lariat.lariat.org> <19980902183643.A5424@dniquote.com> <199809030146.TAA03143@lariat.lariat.org>
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At 06:56 PM 9/2/98 -0700, Scott Blachowicz wrote: >Does that mean it's possible to have more than one extended partitions? If >so, then I agree that the current scheme can lead to the slice number >uncertainty you describe. If you can only have one extended partition, then I >think everything is predictable. Not only can you have more than one, but any of them can be one -- even the first. That makes for yet MORE confusion. --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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