An extended boot record (EBR), or extended partition boot record (EPBR), is a descriptor for a logical partition under the common DOS disk drive partitioning system. In that system, when one (and only one) partition record entry in the master boot record (MBR) is designated an extended partition, then that partition can be subdivided into a number of logical partitions. The actual structure of that extended partition is described by one or more EBRs, which are located inside the extended partition. The first (and sometimes only) EBR will always be located on the very first sector of the extended partition.
Unlike primary partitions, which are all described by a single partition table within the MBR, and thus limited in number, each EBR precedes the logical partition it describes. If another logical partition follows, then the first EBR will contain an entry pointing to the next EBR; thus, multiple EBRs form a linked list. This means the number of logical drives that can be formed within an extended partition is limited only by the amount of available disk space in the given extended partition.
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... stripped, the line annotated with Linux is /dev/hda6 with an extended file system ... Windows NT, and Debian do not insist on any extended partition alignment with a gap \.PHYSICALDRIVE0 (assuming geometry CHS 255. 63) id ... at 24466995, end 254. 63, size 4867695 FAT32 (extended offset 4192965) total 29334690 => EXT CHS 1 ... at 0, end 0. 1, size 06 ... CHS 2 ... at 1, end 254. 63 ...
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