a partition (section) of a disk which is not one of the primary partitions, and is defined in a
a partition that has been created inside of a primary partition
a partition that resides within an extended partition and receives a drive letter assignment (provided that the partition type is recognized by the operating system)
A partition that exists within an extended partition. See also "partition" and "extended partition."
A partition inside an extended partition, which is ``logical'' in that it does not exist in reality, but only inside the logical structure of the software.
The difference between an ordinary disk partition and a logical partition is analogous to the difference between a physical filesystem and the UNIX logical filesystem. A logical partition may span multiple physical disks, but is accessed transparently as if it were a single disk
(1.) One to three physical partitions (copies). The number of logical partitions within a logical volume is variable. (2.) A fixed-size portion of a logical volume. A logical partition is the same size as the physical partitions in its volume group. Unless the logical volume of which it is a part is mirrored, each logical partition corresponds to, and its contents are stored on, a single physical partition.