Re: [Hampshire] QTParted and /boot

Vic wrote:
>> There is a limit to the number of partitions you can have on a single
>> disk (15 - 3 primary, 1 extended further sub-divided into 12 logical
>> partitions), so bear that in mind.
>
> That's not true :-)
>
> My main workstation has most of its filesystem on hda17 and hda18...
>
> I wouldn't advice this, though - things like fdisk generally only expect a
> maximum of 16 partitions, so you can have difficulty seeing partitions
> beyond 16 with commands like "fdisk -l". Doesn't seem to stop anything
> actually working, though.

I know the kernel supports more - 63? - but I think fdisk limits you (or
not!) to the 15.

Sean