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Re: Multiple "Visible" Primaries

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On Wed, 28 Nov 2012 09:51:52 +0000, Peter J. Seymour <Newsgroups@pjsey.demon.co.uk> wrote:

>>> 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.
>
> Are you confusing primary partitions with the same drive letter with 
> primary drives in general? Certainly on my machines, multiple primaries 
> are not hidden except when for instance there are two 'C' drives and one 
> of them is booted, then the other 'C' drive is marked hidden. It is 
> hardly an issue. If the two OS's are instead installed on for instance 
> 'C' and 'D' drives, none of the primaries are ever hidden.

Partitions don't (or didn't pre-LVM) have assigned drive letters.
You could not have two 'C' drives. It was a meaningless concept.

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