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Appendix E. An Introduction to Disk Partitions

E.1. Hard Disk Basic Concepts

E.1.1. It is Not What You Write, it is How You Write It
E.1.2. Partitions: Turning One Drive Into Many
E.1.3. Partitions within Partitions — An Overview of Extended Partitions
E.1.4. Making Room For Red Hat Linux
E.1.5. Partition Naming Scheme
E.1.6. Disk Partitions and Other Operating Systems
E.1.7. Disk Partitions and Mount Points
E.1.8. How Many Partitions?
E.1.9. One Last Wrinkle: Using GRUB or LILO

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