From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: from elasmtp-curtail.atl.sa.earthlink.net ([209.86.89.64]:49833 "EHLO elasmtp-curtail.atl.sa.earthlink.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1760713AbaGPRtH (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Jul 2014 13:49:07 -0400 Received: from [24.144.107.77] (helo=[192.168.0.11]) by elasmtp-curtail.atl.sa.earthlink.net with esmtpa (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1X7TBS-0007eO-NB for util-linux@vger.kernel.org; Wed, 16 Jul 2014 13:40:02 -0400 Message-ID: <53C6B8F1.7000607@earthlink.net> Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2014 13:40:01 -0400 From: Felix Miata MIME-Version: 1.0 To: util-linux@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: some comments about the new cfdisk References: <1405350470.21924.141447857.78268FC5@webmail.messagingengine.com> <20140715105920.GS30288@x2.net.home> <1405509773.32592.142240757.286353E5@webmail.messagingengine.com> In-Reply-To: <1405509773.32592.142240757.286353E5@webmail.messagingengine.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Sender: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 2014-07-16 13:22 (GMT+0200) Benno Schulenberg composed: > Karel Zak wrote: >> It would be possible to add some extra optimization for MBR to >> enlarge/reduce the extended partition if there is a free space behind >> the partition and no possibility to create another primary partition. >> Not sure... I'll think about it. > Don't bother for now. Somehow the current way feels more > precise. Maybe I'm missing something in this discussion, but... I find it inexplicably confusing that any partitioning tool would ever describe an extended to exclude any freespace contiguous to any logical partition, regardless how actually defined in the tables. Making creation of a logical in freespace adjoining any existing logical take more than one step makes no sense. -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/