RE: multiple extended partitions

[Aaron Hanson]

Hey, nevermind; I found a solution.
Perhaps this is obvious, but I realized I can use the following
sequence:

hide (hd0,2)
root (hd0,4) # this is actually hda10 in the linux list...
kernel /boot/vmlinuz ro root=/dev/hda10 ....
unhide (hd0,2) 

This gets me a boot out of the 2nd extended partition, and then the
kernel can still access both.

-Aaron

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> Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2004 7:50 AM
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> Subject: multiple extended partitions
> 
> Hello All-
> 
>       What is the proper grub syntax for identifying a 
> logical partition in a --2nd-- extended partition? In my 
> particular situation, the linux kernel maps them like this:
> 
> hda1 hda2 hda3 <hda5 hda6 hda7> hda4 <hda8 hda9 hda10>
> 
>       (logical partitions in angle-brackets)
> 
>       I have kernels to boot in hda5 and hda8. Grub is happy 
> loading the first kernel; 'root=(hd0,4)' but says 
> 'root=(hd0,7)' is not valid.
> 
>       I'm familiar with 'hide' and 'unhide', but would rather 
> not use them since I want to make use of the kernel's ability 
> to access two sets of logical partitions...
> 
>       Thanks.
> 
> -Aaron Hanson
> 
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