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Re: Multiple "Visible" Primaries

From Paul Ratcliffe <abuse@orac12.clara34.co56.uk78>
Newsgroups comp.os.os2.setup.storage
Subject Re: Multiple "Visible" Primaries
Date 2012-12-16 23:55 +0000
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On 27 Nov 2012 16:19:56 GMT, ivan <ivanjt@free.fr> wrote:

> Like Paul I have known about this for about 25 years and, in fact, 
> still have an old DOS computer with a 10 MB hard disk that has 4 non 
> hidden primary partitions on it.
>
> 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.

Yes, it was another bit of brilliance from those geniuses in Redmond.

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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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