On 16 Nov, Wenchi Liao wrote:

> The linux fdisk seems to understand 16 partitions (4 primary
> partitions, and 4 logical volumes in each). 
No. There are 4 primary partitions. One of this primary partitions can
be set to type "extended" and all logical partitions have to reside in
this extended partition. There can be only one extended partition. The 4
primary partitions are sdX1 to sdX4 and the logical partitions are sdX5
and so on under Linux. Look at dmesg: 
Partition check:
 sda: sda1 sda2 < sda5 sda6 >
This means: There are two primary partitions used. The second is marked
as extended and contains the logical partitions 5 and 6

> From playing with
> the install-thingy of freebsd, it seems to be able to deal with
> more than 4 partitions as well (this is before disklabel'ing).
FreeBSD can use a device naming similar to Linux, see
http://www.freebsd.org/FAQ/admin.html#AEN1627

> But netbsd's fdisk only sees places for 4 partitions.
That are the 4 primary partitions. 
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