From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Thu Aug 26 18:53:34 2021 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6FDF366F29E for ; Thu, 26 Aug 2021 18:53:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chris@groessler.org) Received: from vigilia.groessler.org (vigilia.groessler.org [79.143.177.135]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA512 client-signature RSA-PSS (1024 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "vigilia.groessler.org", Issuer "vigilia.groessler.org" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4GwX711qhGz3hTf for ; Thu, 26 Aug 2021 18:53:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chris@groessler.org) Received: from [10.23.1.23] (gaga.groessler.org [212.168.189.235]) by vigilia.groessler.org (8.16.0.45/8.14.6) with ESMTPS id 17QIrPKx047484 (version=TLSv1.3 cipher=AEAD-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128 verify=NO) for ; Thu, 26 Aug 2021 20:53:25 +0200 (CEST) Subject: Re: Paritioning scheme on MBR disk doubts To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: From: Christian Groessler Message-ID: <8ab9716c-fdc3-ad09-1883-8210b37ef520@groessler.org> Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2021 20:53:25 +0200 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.13.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4GwX711qhGz3hTf X-Spamd-Bar: + Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=none; dmarc=none; spf=none (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of chris@groessler.org has no SPF policy when checking 79.143.177.135) smtp.mailfrom=chris@groessler.org X-Spamd-Result: default: False [1.52 / 15.00]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; FREEFALL_USER(0.00)[chris]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]; AUTH_NA(1.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_SPAM_MEDIUM(1.00)[1.000]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[groessler.org]; NEURAL_SPAM_SHORT(0.62)[0.622]; R_SPF_NA(0.00)[no SPF record]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; ASN(0.00)[asn:51167, ipnet:79.143.176.0/23, country:DE]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; MAILMAN_DEST(0.00)[freebsd-questions] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2021 18:53:34 -0000 On 8/26/21 8:32 PM, Javier wrote: > 1-3 primary part..., sorry, slices ;), and loads (and when I mean > loads, I mean a few) of logical in an extended slice. "loads"? If I remember correctly, an extended partition can also only hold 4 partitions. Of which one in turn can again be an extended partition which can hold 4 partitions. Of which one in turn can again be an extended partition... etc But I don't know if that is supported by current OSes. regards, chris