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Re: [LI] LILO protection




But we cant make an extended partition active ! So we need atleast one
primary partition which is 'Linux native'. This can be /boot or /

ciao,
Amit
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Atul Chitnis <achitnis@xxxxxxxxxxx> on 01/03/2000 12:29:41 PM

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On Mon, 3 Jan 2000, Aruneesh Salhotra wrote:

> Hi Atul,
> I have a query. Is it possible to have linux loaded in a extended
partition.
> I remember reading that linux could be loaded through a local partition
in an
> extended partition.
> If it is possible somehow, can you tell, how does Linux boot happens.

Linux does not care whether it is in a primary or extended partition. On
one of my machines, which also has a Windows parition, Linux is installed
in an extended partition, as you can see below:

   Device Boot    Start       End    Blocks   Id  System
/dev/hda1             1       230   1738768+   b  Win95 FAT32
/dev/hda2           231       523   2215080    5  Extended
/dev/hda3   *       524       653    982800   83  Linux
/dev/hda4           654       662     68040   82  Linux swap
/dev/hda5           231       523   2215048+  83  Linux

Note that /dev/hda5 starts in the same place as /dev/hda2 (which is an
extended partition).

Atul



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