Why can only four primary partitions be created in Linux?
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Only 4 primary partitions are created in Linux due to limitations of the MBR partitioning scheme.
MBR partitioning scheme allows for a maximum of 4 primary partitions.
Extended partitions can be used to...read more
Anonymous
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cause MBR has only 64bit partition table and each primary partition takes 16 bits in table
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