Re: [ros-bugs] [Bug 1460] Extended DOS Partition

[Royce Mitchell III]

[e-mail] wrote:
> http://www.reactos.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1460
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>       What    |Removed                     |Added
>         Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED
>     Resolution|                            |WONTFIX
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> ------- Comment #2 from [e-mail]  2006-05-08 21:13 CET -------
> you can not install any os on exstions partions 
> what I know, a OS need be on primary partions
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> This bug report is invaild in my eyes

Umm... this is not strictly true. You *can* install an OS on an extended 
partition. You just can't put the boot strap on an extended partition. 
Note that this is not a discussion about how *wise* such a thing would be...

[Mike Swanson]

On Monday 08 May 2006 12:32, Royce Mitchell III wrote:
> > what I know, a OS need be on primary partions
> >
> > This bug report is invaild in my eyes
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> Umm... this is not strictly true. You *can* install an OS on an extended
> partition. You just can't put the boot strap on an extended partition.
> Note that this is not a discussion about how *wise* such a thing would
> be...

Actually, with an intelligent boot loader, you can chainload to a logical 
partition. This can be done with GRUB, GAG, LILO, and probably others. Often 
the only supported 'extended partition' format is the MS-DOS one, but 
sometimes others (eg, BSD partitions) are supported too.
-- 
Mike