Re: error messages should suggest what to do next

[Andrew Clausen]

On Thu, Jul 01, 2004 at 03:47:18AM +0800, Dan Jacobson wrote:
> When the user sees
>   Error: Can't have a partition outside the disk!
>   Information: The operating system thinks the geometry on /dev/hda is 
> 4111/255/63.  Therefore,
>   cylinder 1024 ends at 8032.499M.
> he can't find what to do next in the manual. E.g., he searches for
> keyword "outside" but finds nothing.
> Perhaps output also "see the Large-Disk-HOWTO".
> (hoping they'll know where to look).

What should the user do?  What should Parted do?

(What does the large-disk-howto have to do with it?)

Cheers,
Andrew