Why there is a "+"?

Rex_chaos · 05-14-2002, 11:29 AM

Hello all,
# fdisk -l /dev/hda
shows

Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 1824 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 378 3036253+ b Win95 FAT32
/dev/hda2 379 1824 11614995 f Win95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/hda5 379 1398 8193118+ b Win95 FAT32
/dev/hda6 1399 1406 64228+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda7 1407 1426 160618+ 82 Linux swap
/dev/hda8 1427 1824 3196903+ 83 Linux

What does "+" imply? Does it mean something wrong with the partition?

Thymox · 05-14-2002, 12:46 PM

I'm not entirely sure, but I'll give an educated guess based on your listing.

hda2 is the only partition that does not have a +, and this is a partition that you actually can't access because it doesn't have a filesystem (because it's the extended partiton). Perhaps the + means that it's an accessible partition?