[Techtalk] Extended Partitions - I found it! - not quite.

[Hamster]

On 19 Nov 2003 20:39:38 -0500
TechChiq <techchiq at hotpop.com> wrote:

> 0x85   Linux extended partition type
> 0x05   DOS extended partition type

Umm, the problem here is that the two extended partition types I originally
asked about were 0x0F, which is a win LBA extended partition and 0x85 which
is called a linux extended partition. I never mentioned the DOS one at all.

> http://www.geocrawler.com/archives/3/158/2000/6/0/3916870/

> So basically, you want to set that extended partition type to 0x85, and
> not 0x05. 

Well yeah, if the issue is choosing between 0x85 and 0x05, the ok. But
thats not the question. My question is asking the difference between
***0x0F*** and 0x85. 

I think what I'm going to do is find an old disk and sacrifice it for the
greater good. I'll set it up both ways and see if it makes any difference to
what various operating systems can and cant see as far as logical drives
within that extended partition.

Thanks for going to the trouble of looking up those links TechChiq.

Hamster