Can't install Linux on an Extended Partition >8gb?

Ryan Jester needs assistance with the following problem: "I went out and bought a 13gb drive and now I'm kicking myself. My drive configuration is: Win 98 in the primary and NT in the first logical. And yes, I'm putting Linux before the 1024th cyl. Seems when I try and install Linux and get to the Disk Druid part I can't see any of my logical partitions in my extended partition..." There's more. Click below to read on. "...My disk configuration is 2gb primary and the rest one big extended (bigger than 8gb obviously). In Fdisk it will show the extended partition as "type f" or a Win 95 Extended (LBA), Disk Druid doesnt know what the hell it is. Once I shrink it down to 8gb with PM 4.0 then change the type back to 5 (regular extended partition) in Fdisk..I'm then able to see all my logical partions. So any fix or am I SOL and just make another primary partition and reconfig the whole drive."

Is the solution to this one fairly obvious? Or are there deeper issues?