From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Fri Aug 27 05:13:11 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 C7285677D07 for ; Fri, 27 Aug 2021 05:13:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ralf-mardorf@riseup.net) Received: from mx1.riseup.net (mx1.riseup.net [198.252.153.129]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "*.riseup.net", Issuer "Sectigo RSA Domain Validation Secure Server CA" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4Gwnsz0FSdz4nvP for ; Fri, 27 Aug 2021 05:13:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ralf-mardorf@riseup.net) Received: from fews2.riseup.net (fews2-pn.riseup.net [10.0.1.84]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "*.riseup.net", Issuer "Sectigo RSA Domain Validation Secure Server CA" (not verified)) by mx1.riseup.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4Gwnsx6Xm7zDxXp for ; Thu, 26 Aug 2021 22:13:09 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=riseup.net; s=squak; t=1630041189; bh=+hmNFiWjcjD0qT6YOS2IT063M/52xvGRimdlI4nltBw=; h=Date:From:To:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:From; b=UFFxuH6pgqA+bNeZ9SU6Yh2MX27nLA1cVqNnzh/wAVhER8bX04Fec4ohf7Ono1u01 jJUtm14cE8H7K1TDan1xc4+JlrkDpyRO+nhIdlY9Wig60DnkPox62LCJof9smDB8ro V2Sj+SgIanVUOX9q/GtpYWGDCh1yK8pbhN+rSsbc= X-Riseup-User-ID: F29229B5C4B0D3D7BC298A183F3EEE2F653CAD8F08279EFFE158B1919726D672 Received: from [127.0.0.1] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by fews2.riseup.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 4Gwnsx1PKYz1yS7 for ; Thu, 26 Aug 2021 22:13:09 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2021 07:13:06 +0200 From: Ralf Mardorf To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Paritioning scheme on MBR disk doubts Message-ID: <20210827071306.34e90c17@archlinux> In-Reply-To: <20210826203921.0d3537684706867aef1e30f9@sohara.org> References: <20210826203921.0d3537684706867aef1e30f9@sohara.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4Gwnsz0FSdz4nvP X-Spamd-Bar: ---- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=riseup.net header.s=squak header.b=UFFxuH6p; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=riseup.net; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of ralf-mardorf@riseup.net designates 198.252.153.129 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=ralf-mardorf@riseup.net X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-4.60 / 15.00]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[riseup.net:s=squak]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; RWL_MAILSPIKE_GOOD(0.00)[198.252.153.129:from]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+mx]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; DWL_DNSWL_LOW(-1.00)[riseup.net:dkim]; RCVD_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[3]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[riseup.net:+]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[riseup.net,none]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; MID_RHS_NOT_FQDN(0.50)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:16652, ipnet:198.252.153.0/24, country:US]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[]; MAILMAN_DEST(0.00)[freebsd-questions]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW(-0.10)[198.252.153.129:from] 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: Fri, 27 Aug 2021 05:13:11 -0000 On Thu, 26 Aug 2021 20:39:21 +0100, Steve O'Hara-Smith wrote: >Unless MBR has changed since I last looked there could only be one >extended partition(slice) and it had to be the fourth. Other than that >this should work. Sometimes limits are not caused by the MBR. Some limits are probably caused by partitioning tools, bootloaders, operating systems or are just an issue of linguistic usage.