[Techtalk] Extended Partitions - I found it! - QUITE! :)

[TechChiq]

On Thu, 2003-11-20 at 07:52, Hamster wrote:
> 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.

Well, that's all I turned up. As for the difference, definitely go with
0x85. Googling "0x0F" and "extended partition" together, I can see that
0x0F is also another code for a DOS-based extended partition:

http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2003/debian-user-200311/msg00442.html
http://www.jsiinc.com/SUBK/tip5200/rh5274.htm
http://home.hetnet.nl/~ottolander/second-extended/installing2second-extended.html
http://www.santools.com/smart/manual/partitionlayout.htm

The above links pretty much confirm that 0x0F is also a type of
DOS-based partition and should not be used as a linux partition type.

> 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. 

0x85. Always.

> 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.

Good luck. :) But I really don't think it'll work too good.

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

No problem. Google is my best friend. ;)

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