Francesco Cosoleto wrote:
> 2011/4/29 Voelker, Bernhard <bernhard.voelker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>>> p primary (0 used, 4 free)
>> ...
>>> p primary (0 used, 3 free)
>>
>> what about the 4th? I'm confused.
>
> The patch avoids to report extended partition as used primary
> partition. Not a big deal removing this part and just to keep the
> original form ("primary (1-4)", "logical (5 or over)").
The point from a user's point of view is to see if there's an extended
partition yet or not, so maybe the most helpful information would be
something like e.g.
p primary (1 primary used, 1 extended used, 2 free)
l logical (5 or over)
OTOH this mixes the general information
* (for p) how many are used/free
vs.
* (for l) how's the partition numbering in that range (sda[5...]).
Therefore, my personal vote is to do it the old way, but keep p
before e|l:
* no extended partition yet:
Partition type:
p primary partition (1-4)
e extended
Select: p
* with an extended partition:
Partition type:
p primary partition (1-4)
l logical (5 or over)
Have a nice day,
Berny
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