Hi MIKE,

On 26-Nov-99, MIKE RUSKAI wrote to GEORGE WHITE:

 GW>> I don't think so, what you're seeing on your system is a
 GW>> different problem (FDISK peculiarity :-( ). When FDISK is told to
 GW>> create an extended partition on a drive with no primary defined,
 GW>> it creates a minimum size, hidden, inaccessible, primary
 GW>> partition on the drive at the start. Why? - don't ask me...

 MR> Will Honea pointed out what should have been obvious - the
 MR> convention is to have partition tables on cylinder boundaries.  I
 MR> can't see any reason why this is necessary, but it just is.

Yes, I'd forgotten that point as well :-(. The years roll on and
memory isn't what it used to be (well, that's my excuse ).
A pity Will's reply got here after I posted my contribution :-(.


George

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