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Re: PedUnit API commit
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Andrew Clausen |
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Re: PedUnit API commit |
Date: |
Thu, 7 Jul 2005 08:22:15 +1000 |
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On Wed, Jul 06, 2005 at 08:59:23PM +0200, address@hidden wrote:
> > (parted) unit B
> > (parted) mkpart
> > Partition type? [primary]?
> > File system type? [ext2]?
> > Start? 0
> > End? -1
> > Error: The location -1 is outside of the device /dev/sdx.
> Does this only happen with gpt labels?
Well, -1B is very strange. How should we deal with byte units that
aren't sector aligned?
> > Using units GB, mkpart works but wastes quite a bit
> > of space at the end of the disk. Is this really the way you
> > want it to work, leaving almost a GB of unused space at the end of
> > the disk? I'd consider changing the semantics of "-1"
> > to be "last available sector relative to the starting sector
> > regardless of unit in effect". This means that if you're trying
> > to fill a hole in the disk, all you have to do is get the starting
> > location correct and -1 will find the end. Anyway, something to think
> > about.
> Special semantics for ``-1''?
> This introduces an inconsistency. You can always use ``-1s''.
We could just make _grow_over_small_freespace() a more generous
_grow_over_freespace(), constrained by our new "range" parameter.
> > I'd still like to see resize of a partition with no filesystem.
> > (Patch previously submitted to maintainer(s).)
I'm not excited by the idea. Would letting the "check" command set the
partition size to coincide with the detected filesystem's size suffice?
Cheers,
Andrew
- Re: PedUnit API commit, Michael Reed, 2005/07/01
- Re: PedUnit API commit, leslie . polzer, 2005/07/01
- Re: PedUnit API commit, Michael Reed, 2005/07/01
- Re: PedUnit API commit, leslie . polzer, 2005/07/02
- Re: PedUnit API commit, Michael Reed, 2005/07/06
- Re: PedUnit API commit, leslie . polzer, 2005/07/06
- Re: PedUnit API commit,
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- Re: partition resizing (was: Re: PedUnit API commit), Szakacsits Szabolcs, 2005/07/07
- Re: partition resizing (was: Re: PedUnit API commit), Andrew Clausen, 2005/07/08
- Re: partition resizing (was: Re: PedUnit API commit), Szakacsits Szabolcs, 2005/07/08
- Re: partition resizing (was: Re: PedUnit API commit), Szakacsits Szabolcs, 2005/07/08
- Re: PedUnit API commit and partition resizing (blending "Re: PedUnit API commit" and "Re: partition resizing"), Michael Reed, 2005/07/08