[Novices] Hard Drive Partitioning

Adam Tauno Williams awilliam at whitemice.org
Sat Feb 19 13:57:35 EST 2005


> What is the difference between a logical partition and a primary
> partition?  And does it apply to Windows only or to both Windows and
> Linux?

ftp://ftp.kalamazoolinux.org/pub/pdf/DiskMan1.pdf

Primary/Logical is a stupid arbitrary distinction arising from the roots
of crappy PC hardware and lives in that seat of evil known as the BIOS.




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