From: "Ben Peddell" <killer DOT lightspeed AT bigpond DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Re: Partition/Cluster problem with sources...
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Here's the type of thing I meant:
MBR:
P0: 80 01 01 00 06 0F 7F 04 3F 00 00 00 71 03 04 00
    = Active (06) Primary
P1: 00 00 41 05 05 0F FF F6 B0 03 04 00 E0 98 0B 00
    = (05) Extended
P2: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
    = (00) Empty
P3: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
    = (00) Empty

MBR->P1:
P0: 00 01 41 05 06 0F BF 09 3F 00 00 00 71 03 04 00
    = (06) Primary
P1: 00 00 81 0A 05 0F BF 8B B0 03 04 00 E0 FF 01 00
    = (05) Extended
P2: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
    = (00) Empty
P3: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
    = (00) Empty
...

Hmm. It seems you're right about Extended2 being invalid.
I now think hda7 is an installable file system (e.g. linux native, as
suggested by his /usr/src).


Martin Stromberg <eplmst AT lu DOT erisoft DOT se> wrote in message
news:b03oij$bei$1 AT antares DOT lu DOT erisoft DOT se...
> Ben Peddell (killer DOT lightspeed AT bigpond DOT com) wrote:
> : Here's an example of what I think may be going on:
>
> : MBR:
> : 0:    Primary (hda1)(C:)
> : 1:    Extended (hda5...hda9)
> : 2:    Empty
> : 3:    Empty
>
> : Extended1:
> : 0:    Primary (hda5)(D:)
> : 1:    Extended (hda6...hda9)
> : 2:    Empty
> : 3:    Empty
>
> : Extended2:
> : 0:    Primary (hda6)(E:)
> : 1:    Primary (hda7)(H:)
> : 2:    Extended (hda8...hda9)
> : 3:    Empty
>
> That Extended2 isn't a valid extended partition table.
>
> What you call Primary in the Extended partitions are usually called
> Logical ones.
>
>
> Right,
>
> MartinS