Disk partition

[Robert Nichols]

On 07/19/2015 02:44 PM, Gordon Messmer wrote:
> On 07/19/2015 11:36 AM, g wrote:
>>> Logical partitions within the extended partition will always be
>>> >numbered consecutively starting with 5. If you delete or merge
>>> >some logical partitions, all of the higher partition numbers will
>>> >shift down.
>> if you can post a mutual site that i can upload a jpg, i would be more
>> than happy to upload a shot of 'disk utility' showing;
>>
>>     sdb1        sdb2         sdb3        sdb6        sdb5
>>     12 GB NTFS  2.1 GB Swap  11 GB ext4  32 GB ext4  23 GB ext4
>
> In your case, "sdb5" appears to be listed in the logical partition table
> before "sdb6", but describe an area that appears further into the disk.
>
> That doesn't contradict what Robert wrote.

Indeed. Partitions 5 and 6 are _numbered_ consecutively, they just
aren't _arranged_ consecutively on the disk. Some tools will list
them in disk order, some in numerical order. A GUI tool that shows
a graphical map of the disk will, of course, be showing them in
disk order.

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