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As hard disks grew larger, how did they work around the issue of the four partition limit, while maintaining backwards-compatibility?

How did they identify and categorize the subsequent solution?
The x86 partitioning system was extended by a single primary partition as a placeholder for an arbitrary number of additional partitions.

The placeholder partition is known as an extended partition, and all partitions within it are referred to as logical partitions.
Tags: 101.1, extended partitions, linux, logical partitions, partitions, primary partitions, x86
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Author: Ryan Robson
Main topic: Informatics
Topic: Linux
City: Houston
Published: 08.02.2011

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