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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
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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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