Re: Limit of maximum 4 primary partition vs linux installation

Hi,

--- On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 10:34 PM, Dhanagopal R
<[email protected]> wrote:
| The 4-partition limit no longer exists with disks that use the GUID
| Partition Table (GPT). <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GUID_Partition_Table>
| GPT supports up to 128 partitions by default and does not include the
| concepts of primary, extended, or logical partitions (although many tools
| refer to all GPT partitions as "primary partitions," simply because those
| tools were written with the older MBR system in mind).
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What is your laptop model and hardware specification?

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| Thus, increasing numbers of readers of this question are likely
| to find that there is no problem; if the disk is partitioned using GPT, the
| 4-partition limit simply doesn't exist.
\--

They still use the first 512 bytes as a "protective MBR" to prevent
over-writing GPT. It is a logical hack to overcome the limitation,
but, you are forced to use EFI.

SK

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