John,
The standard pc partition scheme allows either four primary partitions
or three primaries and one extended. This limitation is imposed by the
scheme, not by Windows or Linux. An extended partition can contain any
number of logical partitions but Linux can only address a total of 63
partitions.
Stephen is right: I have run fdisk for years on innumerable computers and
never saw provision for the creation of more than one primary partition.
So I am speaking of experience with probably the only partitioner in
common usage. I have used and am familiar with Partition Magic, so I know
there are other schemes available, but we were addressing the capabilities
of the partitioners used in the Windows installation CD/DVD and the Lenny
CD/DVDs. Besides that, how would the partitions beyond 23 be addressed by
any Windows or Linux machine, especially if you have several USB drive
ports and one or more CD/DVD drives? And what system would anyone have
that could handle more than 26 drives? Wow! just think of having 63 1.5TB
drives! Oooola.
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