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• This will not work with extended partitions
  2003-08-01 11:00:09  anonymous2 [View]
  
  
  Partition information for extended partitions is not stored in the first 512 bytes of the hard drive. It is located elsewhere. The 'sfdisk' utility should be used instead, to obtain the correct partitioning, and to restore it from a simple text file.
  
  Example of a restore:
  
  sfdisk /dev/hdb -uS << EOF
  63,8193087,83
  8193150,8193150,83,*
  16386300,40965750,83
  57352050,20804175,5
  57352113,8193087,83
  65545263,8193087,83
  73738413,4417812,82
  EOF
  
  This shows the partitioning on a 40GB hard drive. The partition type of '5' indicates an extended partition.
  
  I think this should be pointed out to the readers of this book.
  
  Thanks, Jon Oman
  joman@gogebic-sw.com