[linux-lvm] Important diretories are missing after adding space.

[Misc Things]

Thank you Ray, that explains it.
Andrew

On Mon, Sep 6, 2010 at 2:06 AM, Ray Morris <support at bettercgi.com> wrote:

> On 09/05/2010 09:16:09 PM, For Miscelenious wrote:
>
>  Re: extended partition overlap .
>>
>> Speaking of partitions. I'm looking at my other drives,
>>  they do not have an extended partition somehow.
>> I always thought that the only way to cteate multiple
>> partitions is to have one primary and one extended. And
>> then further partition it. Is it a case or lm just been naive?
>>
>
>  You can have up to four primary partitions.  The previous statement
> is oversimplying, though, and not quite true.  Technically,
> the partition table always lists _exactly_ four partitions, though
> some may have zero size.  The reason you can (and must) have four
> is beause there are exactly 64 bytes which tell where those partitions
> are and what type they are.  More can not be described in the space
> allowed.
>
>  Of those four, one may be an extended partition.  Extended
> partitions contain a partition table within the partition which
> allows for four more partitions, one of which may be another
> extended partition.
>
>   All of the above is true of the DOS partition table format.
> Remember in that format the whole partition table is 64 bytes -
> sixteen bytes per partition.  The size of the partition is soted
> in four bytes, and it's starting position in another four bytes.
> Those four bytes are enough to describe a partition of up to 2 TB,
> and one starting up to 2TB from the beginning of the disk.
> Therefore, the DOS partition tabel format can only be used with
> drives smaller than 4TB, and loses functionallity on drives more
> than 2TB.  To get over 2TB, one must use a newer type of partition
> table such as GPT.
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> On 09/05/2010 09:16:09 PM, For Miscelenious wrote:
>
>> -- I appologies for the terrible spelling - writing from the cell phone is
>> not smth I do well.
>>
>> Re: extended partition overlap .
>> Agree, that would be really stupid. Speaking of partitions. I'm looking at
>> my other drives, they do not have an extended partition somehow. I always
>> thought that the only way to cteate multiple partitions is to have one
>> primary and one extended. And then further partition it. Is it a case or lm
>> just been naive?
>>
>> Re: log/messagesI actually have it (tail on /var/log/messages) defaulted
>> to 11 terminal- old habbit. And thru the whole ordeal I didn't see anything
>> worth mentioning.
>>
>> Thank you.
>> Andrew
>> -----Original message-----
>> From: Stuart D Gathman <stuart at bmsi.com>
>> To: linux-lvm at redhat.com
>> Sent: Sun, Sep 5, 2010 23:23:18 GMT+00:00
>> Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] Important diretories are missing after adding
>> space.
>>
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