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Creating Extended Partition
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in a shell type "fdisk -l /dev/yourdevice"
this will list the partitions.
then do "fdisk /dev/yourdevice" and hit "p" - this will show you the same again.
now say you have a new blank hdd you just create a partition by typing "n" then follow the on screen propmts. then after type "p" again to see what it's done. you can play around how you like - nothing gets changed until you hit "w". if you do anything wrong ctrl-c or "q" will quit the program.
this will list the partitions.
then do "fdisk /dev/yourdevice" and hit "p" - this will show you the same again.
now say you have a new blank hdd you just create a partition by typing "n" then follow the on screen propmts. then after type "p" again to see what it's done. you can play around how you like - nothing gets changed until you hit "w". if you do anything wrong ctrl-c or "q" will quit the program.
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it must be : hda1
hd=harddisk device
a=master
b=slave
1=partition no.
so if ur harddisk is primary master with linux in 1st partition
then it is hda1
so if ur harddisk is secondary master with linux in 2nd partition
then it is hdc2
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hd=harddisk device
a=master
b=slave
1=partition no.
so if ur harddisk is primary master with linux in 1st partition
then it is hda1
so if ur harddisk is secondary master with linux in 2nd partition
then it is hdc2
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oh sorry, i was maybe a few steps to many ahead. 
ok the names are described quite well above so i won't repeat it. i'll just add that when you reference a partition you use the drive name with the number. so /dev/hda1 would be your first partition on your first drive.
when partitioning a drive you want to reference the whole drive and that is represented by /dev/hda - no number on the end.
if you do "fdisk -l" without the device it will show all of your drives and their partition layouts. hopefully you can go from there.
if your playing with your main drive then just be careful!
ok the names are described quite well above so i won't repeat it. i'll just add that when you reference a partition you use the drive name with the number. so /dev/hda1 would be your first partition on your first drive.
when partitioning a drive you want to reference the whole drive and that is represented by /dev/hda - no number on the end.
if you do "fdisk -l" without the device it will show all of your drives and their partition layouts. hopefully you can go from there.
if your playing with your main drive then just be careful!
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