Re: [TCLUG:7719] A dual-boot question

[Nathan Van Eps <mentat@go.cs.umn.edu>]

>Michael Hicks said:
>> Now, let me end this message with a question: has anyone heard of another 
>> way of laying out the partition table which would allow for better boot 
>> loaders?
>
>> While we're at it, get rid of the silly Primary partition/Extended partition
>> mess that popped up from DOS..
>
>Huh?  I currently run 2 Linux/Windows boxen at home and neither one of them
>has a single extended partition.  DOS and Windows will only deal with a
>single primary partition per drive, but BIOS (and Linux) will support up to
>four.  (My drives have 2-3 partitions each, all primary.)

It would be nice to have a cylinder limited number of primary partitions
rather than four. Then there would be no reason for an extended partition.
It would just be simpler, although in reality it probably doesn't matter.

nathan