Hi Colin, Ok. Can you give a name of a smarter tool?
Thanks in Advance! on 2010.04.27. 12:44, Colin Watson wrote: > Why not use a tool less primitive than fdisk? A smarter tool would be > able to expand the extended partition for you. > > In this particular case, it would probably have been reasonable to make > the extended partition run up to the end of the disk, but there are lots > of conditions on whether this is reasonable and to be honest I doubt > that it is worth the effort. Just use something better than fdisk > instead. > > ** Package changed: base-files (Ubuntu) => partman-base (Ubuntu) > > ** Changed in: partman-base (Ubuntu) > Importance: Undecided => Wishlist > > ** Changed in: partman-base (Ubuntu) > Status: New => Triaged > > ** Summary changed: > > - installer partitioner does not allocate the full remaining free space, > means it is hard to use unused space afterwards > + partitioner minimises extended partition; primitive tools like fdisk have > trouble using unallocated space afterwards > > -- partitioner minimises extended partition; primitive tools like fdisk have trouble using unallocated space afterwards https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/561529 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
