> From: Alan Stern <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Anyway, I can try writing a patch to add this capability. We'll see if > it can solve your problem. Unfortunately, I think there is genuine value in such a hack. E.g., I've got two USB-to-SATA adapters. One works correctly. One does not. But at this point, I can't attach both of my high-capacity disks to the laptop at the same time, which makes it difficult to bulk-transfer files from one to the other. If, for the deficient adapter, the kernel assumed the disk size was the end of the last partition (or the backup GPT partition table, if that follows), then I could use it for everything other than repartitioning. And that would make life easier. Thanks for trying, Dale -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html