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Originally Posted by mido.fayad View Post
i want to ask u one question ?

why u make mmcblk0p4 as extended partition ? >>>

u can make it primary partition and it will work without any problem
the reason is i simply want to have more than 4 partitions..i'm planning to install ubuntu 10.10 later on mmcblk0p6..

extended partition is only a container for the logical drives..

if i make mmcblk0p4 as primary partition, then i will only have 4 partitions..mainly mmcblk0p1(MyDocs), mmcblk0p2(home), mmcblk0p3(swap) and the newly partitioned mmcblk0p4...

quoted from http://www.pcguide.com/ref/hdd/file/...titions-c.html (please read the full article for full understanding)

A maximum of four partitions can be placed on any hard disk. These are sometimes called primary partitions. The limitation of four is one that is imposed on the system by the way that the master boot record is structured.
another one quoted from http://www.optimizingpc.com/install/...gharddisk.html

In total you can only create 4 partitions on a hard disk, that's why you also have the possibility to create an extended partition. An extended partition can be divided in many logical drives, which makes it possible to have more then four virtual partitions. It's wise to create one primary partition for Windows and one extended partition and to split up the extended partition into different logical drives.
 

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