Re: Multiple "Visible" Primaries

Date	2012-11-27 13:53 -0500
From	Felix Miata <UgaddaBkidding.due2UCE@dev.nul>
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Subject	Re: Multiple "Visible" Primaries
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On 2012-11-27 16:19 (GMT) ivan composed:

> Where the idea of primary partitions having to be hidden originates I
> don't know.  It might come from trying to set up a multi boot system
> booting from a primary partition when each boot partition required the
> same letter therefore you had to hide the one(s) you weren't booting
> from.  This is only applicable to windows systems because OS/2 quite
> happily boots from a logical partition.

It's hard for me to imagine applicability only to Windows, as it is IBM's own 
Boot Manager that insists on hiding when more than one supported primary is 
present on the same HD. Newer boot managers provide configurability of 
whether and which to hide.
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Multiple "Visible" Primaries Felix Miata <UgaddaBkidding.due2UCE@dev.nul> - 2012-11-26 15:22 -0500
  Re: Multiple "Visible" Primaries Paul Ratcliffe <abuse@orac12.clara34.co56.uk78> - 2012-11-26 21:30 +0000
    Re: Multiple "Visible" Primaries Felix Miata <UgaddaBkidding.due2UCE@dev.nul> - 2012-11-26 23:16 -0500
      Re: Multiple "Visible" Primaries "ivan" <ivanjt@free.fr> - 2012-11-27 16:19 +0000
        Re: Multiple "Visible" Primaries Felix Miata <UgaddaBkidding.due2UCE@dev.nul> - 2012-11-27 13:53 -0500
          Re: Multiple "Visible" Primaries "Peter J. Seymour" <Newsgroups@pjsey.demon.co.uk> - 2012-11-28 09:51 +0000
            Re: Multiple "Visible" Primaries Barry Landy <bl10nospam@cam.ac.uk> - 2012-11-28 10:41 +0000
            Re: Multiple "Visible" Primaries Paul Ratcliffe <abuse@orac12.clara34.co56.uk78> - 2012-12-16 23:58 +0000
              Re: Multiple "Visible" Primaries "Peter J. Seymour" <Newsgroups@pjsey.demon.co.uk> - 2012-12-17 08:18 +0000
        Re: Multiple "Visible" Primaries Paul Ratcliffe <abuse@orac12.clara34.co56.uk78> - 2012-12-16 23:55 +0000
      Re: Multiple "Visible" Primaries Paul Ratcliffe <abuse@orac12.clara34.co56.uk78> - 2012-12-16 23:53 +0000

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