Re: [PATCH 1/3] fdisk: change primary or extended partition type dialog

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On Tue, May 03, 2011 at 11:09:33AM +0200, Francesco Cosoleto wrote:
> 2011/4/29 Voelker, Bernhard <bernhard.voelker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> >>  Âp  primary (0 used, 4 free)
> > ...
> >>  Âp  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 "0 used, 3 free" is really confusing :-( What about to report
the fact that the extended partition is there:

 p  primary  (1 extended, 3 free)

and:

 p  primary  (1 extended, 2 primary, 1 free) 

if you have extended as well as primary partitions.

Comments?

    Karel

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