On 30 September 2011 16:32, Fernando Cassia <fcassia@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 19:33, linux guy <linuxguy123@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> It turns out that the whole process can be done from within gparted, if you >> know what you are doing. > > This exemplifies the problem with FOSS software and the "here's the > recipe on how to fix it" culture, . Don't get me wrong, I'm not > throwing blame around, I just want to say that: > > 1. Instead of posting "recipes" on how to fix limitations of the > software, it'd be MUCH MORE helpful to FIX THE UNDERLYING PROBLEMS > with the software, so that: > > a. A BUG REPORT ON FDISK is entered, so that: > * It works correctly on drives bigger than 2TB, or > * (interim solution) it displays a user-friendly message telling the user > that for big drives as (the current drive size) gparted is the right way to > partition to avoid limitations in the FDISK software. > > b. FILE A BUG on the automount routines, it should automount such > drive just like those partitioned with FDISK. > The two aren't mutually exclusive, fixing the problem and all corner cases thoroughly may take a while, so being able to rapidly share a solution which works is helpful. Otherwise we're talking about people waiting for fdisk to be fixed and a new release rolled out (otherwise applying a patch and building it yourself is not too much different from following a recipe for operation). -- imalone -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
