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Re: resize command sets lba flag and resizing the extended partition
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Andrew Clausen |
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Re: resize command sets lba flag and resizing the extended partition |
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Sat, 15 Feb 2003 15:46:40 +1100 |
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On Mon, Feb 10, 2003 at 01:36:29PM +0100, Sven Hartrumpf wrote:
> Hi. Why does "resize" set the flag "lba"?
Because the partition is only addressable via lba, not chs.
This only affects Windows and some boot loaders.
> In addition, I was surprised that resizing an extended
> partition works although its logical partitions are
> mounted. If this is a feature, one could add a sentence
> to the description of "resize". (It simplifies my
> massive hard disk reorganization substantially :-) )
It is a feature :)
Cheers,
Andrew