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On Tue, 31 Jul 2007, baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org wrote:

> Message from Steven
> ===================
> Sindi wrote:
> > I have a 20GB drive and don't want four 5GB partitions.
> > I already had four primary partitions but wanted to
> > delete one and make the fourth partition linux extended
> > instead.
>
> I do not recommend using extended partitions.
> Primary partitions are less problematical.
A DOS extended partition worked okay.

> > The cfdisk that came with BL2 does not make extended
> > linux partitions.
>
> Really?  That's news to me.

It does not offer Extended as a choice, just Primary or Logical or Cancel.
If you make Logical it is hdb5 and there is no hdb4 (probably it exists 
but you don't need to make it).  But I can't make the Logical Linux into 
ext2 or format them.

> > I used the fdisk from busybox 1.3.2 that Karolis compiled.
>
> I see.  That's not something I would recommend.
> I found bugs in busybox 1.3 (and 1.2 too).
> That's why BL3 still uses busybox 1.1
I won't use it again.


> The full fdisk from Slackware would have been a
> safer choice.  You need to be *very* careful when
> you create and format partitions.

Do you think the full fdisk would let me create ext2 hdb5 and hdb6 Logical 
Linux partitions that I can then format?

> Cheers,
> Steven

Sindi