On 07/19/15 16:55, Robert Nichols wrote:
On 07/19/2015 02:44 PM, Gordon Messmer wrote:
> On 07/19/2015 11:36 AM, g wrote:
>>> Logical partitions within the extended partition will always be
>>>> numbered consecutively starting with 5. If you delete or merge
>>>> some logical partitions, all of the higher partition numbers will
>>>> shift down.
>> if you can post a mutual site that i can upload a jpg, i would be more
>> than happy to upload a shot of 'disk utility' showing;
>>
>> sdb1 sdb2 sdb3 sdb6 sdb5
>> 12 GB NTFS 2.1 GB Swap 11 GB ext4 32 GB ext4 23 GB ext4
>
> In your case, "sdb5" appears to be listed in the logical partition table
> before "sdb6", but describe an area that appears further into the disk.
>
> That doesn't contradict what Robert wrote.
Indeed. Partitions 5 and 6 are _numbered_ consecutively, they just
aren't _arranged_ consecutively on the disk. Some tools will list
them in disk order, some in numerical order. A GUI tool that shows
a graphical map of the disk will, of course, be showing them in
disk order.
robert & gorden, you both are correct.
after reading your replies, i decided to look at partitions to see what
i may have been doing to have such partitions.
iirc, sdb5 was actually a part of sdb3 before i decided to cut down
size of sdb3.
while looking at what was on partitions, i decide to move files to a
better place and get rid of the no longer need ntfs.
new config is;
sdb1 sdb5 sdb6 sdb7
2 GB /boot 2.1 GB swap 11 GB / 65 GB /home
with further cutting up of sdb1 for a fedora install, after i finish
reading up on 'efi' and going back thru all the post about 'efi'
partitioning.
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