From: Steve Carter (scarter_at_vcnet.com)
Date: Wed Apr 03 2002 - 14:33:22 EST
The partition table in the master PC boot sector has space
for only 4 partitions. One of these can be an Extended
partition, which in turn can hold any number of logical
drives inside it. In the PC world, the 4-partition
limit of the Master Boot Record is inviolate.
But you are free to define as many logical drives within an
Extended partition as you please. They are daisy-chained
and thus do not take up an entry in the MBR, as do Primary
(bootable) and Extended (container) partitions.
(Some OSes even permit booting from an Extended partition,
so a Primary partition is not a hard requirement.)
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On 4/03/02, Eric <ecottrell_at_doble.com> wrote, in part:
>Subj: was RE: SUM RE: 770 2nd HDD adapter
> drive letter assignment
>
>I have heard of the extended partition only method but will confess
>to a former belief that there was a four partition limit on an
>extended partition. This is not true....
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