Linux

Can you boot a Linux distribution such as Slackware from a logical partition within an extended primary partition ?

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Or let me put to you this way - using a hdd that with an MBR can you install more then 4 Linux distributions ?

Yes, you can install as many distribution as your disk space allows. It doesn't matter where you put them.

The only constraint is that the boot partition should not be controled by LVM.

Thanks for rephrasing the question.

@verdepollo thank you for your reply - however I'm still a bit confused on this end - you stated that yes I could install as many distributions as my disk allows - that is fine - however can I boot linux and or BSD distributions from extended logical drives residing within a primary drive -

Absolutely. A boot partition may reside in a logical partition (extended partition).

@verdepollo I was watching a u-tube link last night for a compTIA exam & the professor stated in no uncertain terms that there is no real need or reason to know anything about extended logical partitions and that he couldn't understand why they still where required to teach students about them -an incredibly naive and foolish thing to say given your reply just now if you ask me - I did have one more question sir, are you familiar with basic disc and dynamic disc in Microsoft ?

I'm barely familiar with Windows so I cannot really tell. Probably a Microsoft forum would be a better place to ask.