On Thu, 2005-09-08 at 22:32 +0900, Dave Gutteridge wrote: > I've tried to create a Linux swap file, but when I run fdisk, it looks > like this: > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/hdb1 * 1 3644 29270398+ 83 Linux > /dev/hdb2 3645 3737 747022+ f W95 Ext'd (LBA) > /dev/hdb5 3645 3737 746991 82 Linux swap > > Why is this W95 partition existing in the same place as my Linux swap? I > would have thought they'd be incompatible. > Can my Linux OS use this Linux swap? That's an extended partition. It acts as a container for logical partitions (with a number greater than or equal to 5). -- Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams <ivazquez at ivazquez.net> http://centos.ivazquez.net/ gpg --keyserver hkp://subkeys.pgp.net --recv-key 38028b72 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20050908/ae8baac4/attachment-0005.sig>