Re: fdisk problems

[Arun Sharma <adsharma@xxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Aug 05, 1999 at 07:47:31AM +0530, Vinay BV wrote:
> Hi there,
> 
> I was installing linux on a HDD which already had a primary dos and an
> extended dos partition. They were recognised as hda1 and hda2. So I
> created two partition using fdisk of linux as hda3 and hda4. I then
> changed the partition type of hda4 to Linux swap. Now when I want to
> create an extended partition, how do I create it? I cannot create a
> logical partion without creating an extended partition.
>  To create an extended partition, I have to create a primary partition and
> change its type to linux extended. But I face a problem here, as the range
> of primary partition (hda1-4) is full. 

Create an extended partition using Linux fdisk and then you can create 
many partitions inside that extended partition. The numbers will go:

hda1, hda2 <hda5 hda6 hda7...>

<...> is the extended partition hda3 which holds the rest.

>  
> One more qstn:- Can I use Lilo to boot through a primary slave hdd?

Yes.

	-Arun

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