Quick Answer: How Many Logical Partitions Can Be Created in an Extended Partition Linux?
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In Linux, MBR uses maximum 60 logical partitions under the extended partition. But only primary and logical partitions are used to feed the Linux data not extended partitions so it means only 63 partitions are useful to feed the data into the partitions.

How many logical partitions can you create on an extended partition?

Extended Partitions

An Extended partition is a special type of partition that contains “Free Space” in which more than the four Primary partitions can be created.

How many extended partitions can be created in Linux?

The extended partition is designed for users wanting to create more partitions than the allowed 4 primary partitions.

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