On Tue, May 03, 2011 at 11:33:42AM +0200, Voelker, Bernhard wrote:
> 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 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...]).
Exactly, but the info about used/free seems usable too :-)
p primary (1 primary, 1 extended, 2 free)
l logical (numbered from 5)
> Partition type:
> p primary partition (1-4)
> e extended
> Select: p
It would be nice to have a default value for the "Partition type:"
dialog:
Partition type:
...
Select (default p):
then I can press <enter>.
Karel
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