Re: harddisk patitioning doubts

[Alvin Oga <aoga@ns.Linux-Consulting.com>]

hi ya

for fun

On Thu, 8 Jan 2004 jaisu_sai@hotmail.com wrote:

> how i can create, delete partitions on harddisk

fdisk, cfdisk, etc...etc..

and a few typing ( keystrokes and mouse clicks )

> what is primary and extended partition

primary works by itself and is NOT divisible into more partitions

extended partition is further divisible into more partitions

> what is logical partition

its make believe .. it doesnt correspond to physical (real) partitions on
the disks

> can i have more thn 1 primary partition

yup

> is it required that os should be in primary partition

nope

> is it required that os shold be on master disk

nope

c ya
alvin