[Ham-Computers] Technicalities - Was: "FAT32"

[johngadd at comcast.net]

Aaron does and OUTStanding job of helping us and donating his time for FREE.
Im sure it was a minor oversite on his part  THANK YOU AARON !

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From: "Hsu, Aaron (NBC Universal)" <aaron.hsu at nbcuni.com> 

> OK people, no need to get huffy over terminology. I posted my message 
> at 3:00am in the morning - while packing and getting ready for a trip 
> here (Hong Kong). I know the proper term isn't "physical" partition, 
> but I couldn't think of the proper term at the time. What I did 
> remember off the top of my head was that the partition table only allows 
> 4 partition entries. One partition type, the "extended" partition, 
> allows further "logical" partitions to be created. This is why I might 
> have incorrectly used the term "physical" as it is a differentiator from 
> "logical" partitions. I knew I couldn't use "primary" as "primary" 
> defines a partition type, just like "extended". I always try my best to 
> make sure I explain things clearly, but sometimes a word or two escapes 
> me (and sometimes it's more than a word!). 
> 
> Anyways, I think I got the point across and appreciate Dale for the 
> clarification. 
> 
> 
> And now, back to our regular programming. 
> 
> - Aaron, NN6O 
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