Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2021 23:37:24 +0200 From: Javier <nixlist@outlook.es> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Paritioning scheme on MBR disk doubts Message-ID: <MW4PR01MB6401993174B1FEEF4877A79AC4C79@MW4PR01MB6401.prod.exchangelabs.com> In-Reply-To: <8ab9716c-fdc3-ad09-1883-8210b37ef520@groessler.org> References: <MW4PR01MB640175FEDE09CAD451A9AA0BC4C79@MW4PR01MB6401.prod.exchangelabs.com> <d21dc1de-87dc-8e45-260b-cf7baf23998a@holgerdanske.com> <MW4PR01MB6401DA1B3479DE69944C7D5BC4C79@MW4PR01MB6401.prod.exchangelabs.com> <8ab9716c-fdc3-ad09-1883-8210b37ef520@groessler.org>
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On Thu, 26 Aug 2021 20:53:25 +0200 Christian Groessler <chris@groessler.org> wrote: > "loads"? Hi, Yep :), I always had more than 4, way more than 4. > 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. :-? If it had been that limitation at any time might be decades ago. I always (over 2 decades) had a bunch of logical in an extended partition, following that is was allowed. Wikipedia, if it is trustable, agrees too :-? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extended_boot_record Anyway, I never had any problem. Regards.
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