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Message from Steven
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Sindi wrote:
>
> BL3.4 has busybox fdisk.  If it is going to mess 
> things up we should be warned against using it 
> for extended linux partitions.  

First of all, you did not use the BL3 fdisk.
You used the one from busybox 1.3.2.

Second, I have consistently advised people
to make primary partitions, not extended.

> cfdisk at least did not try to make them.

Really?  I'm pretty sure cfdisk is capable of making 
extended partitions.  Perhaps it was user error?

> Busybox fdisk -v does not give the busybox fdisk 
> version, just busybox version 1.3.2.

It does in BL3:
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/<#>busybox fdisk -v
fdisk v2.12
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> bl2 cfdisk is 2.9v 1999

>From the man page for cfdisk 2.9v
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n = Create new partition from free space.  If the 
    partition type is Primary or Logical, a 
    partition of that type will be created, but 
    if the partition type is Pri/Log, you will 
    be prompted for the type you want to create.  
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Cheers,
Steven