king@cs.uq.oz.au (Paul King) writes:

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>I am sure I read something about this previously but
>can't find it now and it doesn't seem to be in any of
>the FAQs.  

Yes, I run Linux entirely from logical partitions inside a single
extended partition.  Here is my configuration:

/dev/hda1: 127008 blocks type -91 at 1008-255024 (254016 sectors) [386BSD]
/dev/hda2:      0 blocks type 0 at 0-0 (0 sectors)
/dev/hda3: 241920 blocks DOS extended at 255024-738864 (483840 sectors) [Linux]
 /dev/hda5:  65488 blocks Minix >= 1.4b at 255087-386064 (130977 sectors) /work
 /dev/hda6:  65488 blocks Minix >= 1.4b at 386127-517104 (130977 sectors) /
 /dev/hda7:  65488 blocks Minix >= 1.4b at 517167-648144 (130977 sectors) /usr
 /dev/hda8:  45328 blocks Minix >= 1.4b at 648207-738864 (90657 sectors) swap
/dev/hda4: 127512 blocks DOS large volume at 738864-993888 (255024 sectors)

Normally the LILO boot block goes in the partition which is root.  But
in this case, it goes in hda3.  As I recall, I had to hack fdisk, both
to get it to let me make an extended partition active, and for some
other purpose.  This configuration is definitely not one that the
software designers were thinking of.  But it does work.  Whether I could
ever figure out how to set it up again I'm not sure...

Here's my /etc/lilo/config:

install=/etc/lilo/boot.b
boot=/dev/hda3
delay=50

image=/vmunix
image=/vmunix.NEW
image=/vmunix.OLD
other=/dev/hda1
 label=bsd
 table=/dev/hda
other=/dev/hda4
 label=dos
 table=/dev/hda