[Techtalk] Extended Partitions

Kai MacTane kmactane at GothPunk.com
Wed Nov 19 17:22:54 EST 2003


At 11/19/03 03:48 PM , Hamster wrote:

>All I want to know is the difference between the 0x05 and 0x85 extended
>partition types.

My quick guess is that the LBA type assumes the drive geometry is specified 
in LBA format, while the other one assumes a more standard (presumably 
C/H/S) drive geometry.

                                                 --Kai MacTane
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