and what exactly am i wrong about?
you are wrong about the following
in the other thread you said:
actually , sda 1 thru 4 can been logical partitions
you said
actually , sda 1 thru 4 can been logical partitions , if so created that way by a partitioning utility like G-parted ...
its impossible to create a logical partition that is sda1, sda2, sda3 or sda4. gparted is also not able to do that. you need an extended partition (that acts as shell) to create logical partitions. and the first logical partition gets the node sda5.
you are wrong with
define logical........ both are logical.....
i never said what you think to remember "clearly"
Quote from: manbearpig on June 06, 2012, 06:58:21 AM
you said in the other thread (and i remember clearly) that sda's 1 thru 4 "can be" , but cannot be extended and further more will always be "logical" partitions, you're twisting things around here... (and i wonder why)
i always said that sda1-4 can only by primary or extended partitions but never a logical partition.
i was very bear with you and explained why sda1-4 can't be a logical partition.
you posted images where sda2 is an extended partition and you say that proves what you said. what the images are proving is that i am right and sda2 is an extended partition and not a logical partition.
then you posted an image where sda2 is a primary swap partition and you said
primary , sda2 , logical!!!!
you dont understand that a logical partition is an own type of a partition. and a primary partition can't be a logical partition.
now you post again an image where sda2 is extended and say that i am wrong. either you really don't understand the difference between the 3 different partition types (primary, extended, logical) or you want to keep the conversation alive with acting like a fool and say an extended partition and a primary partition is a logical partition. when you act like a fool then you are trolling and i don't have to apologize.
i wrote the first boot manager about 15 years ago. working with hex editors on hardware sector level since about 20 years and you say i don't know what i am talking about. when somebody writes a boot manager then understanding partitions is basic knowledge.
you can say 10000 times that sda1-4 can be a logical partition. you will be always wrong.
i say sda1-4 can be only a primary or extended partition. sda1-4 can never be a logical partition.
and last but not least a quote from the linux documentation page
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Partition-Mass-Storage-Definitions-Naming-HOWTO/x160.htmlthe first logical partition is always 5. So any partition with number of five and up is a logical one.