On Sat, Feb 06, 1999 at 04:02:34PM -0600, seebs@plethora.net wrote:
> In message <87vhhfry8b.fsf@jekyll.piermont.com>, "Perry E. Metzger" writes:
> >Long term, we need "slices" or something similar.
> 
> Yeah.  Or at least, support for 16 partitions.  :)

  One thing I've never heard discussed in the partition-wars is,
why do we not support extended partitions?  From what I've heard,
one can have an unlimited number of partitions in an extended
partition, or at least a whole bunch (>16?) of them.

  A quick web search didn't turn up any useful info, though.

  Brian