| HappyTux |
08-22-2004 02:38 PM |
Quote:
Originally posted by darkleaf
What's the difference between primary and extended partitions?
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A primary partition is one single partition to itself. An extended partition is a container that holds logical partitions my HD's for example.
Code:
[HappyTux:/home/stephen]# fdisk -l
Disk /dev/hda: 120.0 GB, 120034123776 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 14593 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 1 31 248976 82 Linux swap
/dev/hda2 * 32 639 4883760 83 Linux
/dev/hda3 640 1855 9767520 83 Linux
/dev/hda4 1856 14593 102317985 5 Extended
/dev/hda5 1856 7934 48829536 83 Linux
/dev/hda6 7935 14593 53488386 83 Linux
Disk /dev/hdd: 40.0 GB, 40037760000 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4867 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hdd1 1 32 257008+ 82 Linux swap
/dev/hdd2 * 33 640 4883760 83 Linux
/dev/hdd3 641 1856 9767520 83 Linux
/dev/hdd4 1857 4867 24185857+ 83 Linux
As you can see my larger drive I have partitioned up into 5 pieces the /dev/hda4 does not count it as it is only the container for the 2 logical partitions hda5 and hda6 which take up the entire space inside it. You can tell this by looking at the starting and ending blocks for the hda4 then adding together the hda5 and hda6. Whereas the smaller one is only the 4 primary partitions. |
