Re: Parted 1.6.23 - problem with resizing of the extended partition

[Andrew Clausen]

On Mon, Aug 01, 2005 at 10:25:55AM +0200, K.G. wrote:
> This is exactly the problem i guessed in my previous mail.
> There is an off by one error due to FP arith.
> 
> The equation system should be solved by something like 
>       HR1 - hR2 => cyl_size = ( Ha_ - hA_ ) / (Hc - hC )

Have you got time to write a patch, including a patch to the comments?
It sounds like you're already on top of the problem... I always find FP
issues rather mind-boggling!

Thanks,
Andrew