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Re: FW: Bug#146608: parted: Powerpcs do not use primary, extended, or lo
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Andrew Clausen |
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Re: FW: Bug#146608: parted: Powerpcs do not use primary, extended, or logical partitions |
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Thu, 12 Dec 2002 07:08:25 +1100 |
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On Tue, Dec 10, 2002 at 11:05:56PM +1100, Timshel Knoll wrote:
> Here's another that I forgot to forward ...
>
> ----- Forwarded message from Chris Tillman <address@hidden> -----
>
> Subject: Bug#146608: parted: Powerpcs do not use primary, extended, or
> logical partitions
> Reply-To: "Chris Tillman" <address@hidden>,
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> From: "Chris Tillman" <address@hidden>
> To: Debian Bug Tracking System <address@hidden>
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> Date: Fri, 10 May 2002 22:11:37 -0700
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>
> Package: parted
> Version: 1.4.24-4
> Severity: minor
I'm not interested in minor usability issues for old versions.
> Partitioning on a powerpc does not involve a choice of partition type
> between primary, extended, or logical. However parted won't work
> unless 'primary' is inserted as PART-TYPE. This parameter should be
> optional for powerpc's, or else a new value such as 'powerpc' should
> be allowed.
Why?
> In addition, there is odd behavior when 'logical' or 'extended' are
> used. For 'logical', parted responds with the error 'mac disk labels
> do not support extended partitions'. Notice the mismatch between
> 'logical' and 'extended'. If 'extended' is used, a help message on the
> syntax of the command is issued. This is also unhelpful, since valid
> syntax has actually been used.
In 1.6.x, parted will keep asking until you give it primary.
(parted) mkpart logical
Partition type? [primary]?
(Same for extended partitions)
Is this ok? I guess this could frustrate some users who haven't
figured it out.
Cheers,
Andrew