Re: Partitions

[Foz <nospam [at] mmu.ac.uk>]

>
> The BIOS looks at the drive too see if it can see anything it recognises -
> ie, old-style partition tables. If it can't, it won't load anything. Linux
> can't do squat about that - it's not loaded yet, remember.
>
> They're not 'DOS' partitions per se, they're just a hang-over from the DOS
> era.

Ahhhh..... I see, all is clear now,

Thank you very much

Paul Aspinall
Manchester Met. Uni

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