Cecil Knutson writes: > 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.
I have been installing Debian with multiple primary partitions since Buzz. > Besides that, how would the partitions beyond 23 be addressed by any > ... Linux machine, Partitions are numbered. > ...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! You confound partitions and drives. A partition is a subdivision of a drive. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87eik3e573....@thumper.dhh.gt.org
