Subject: bin/21027: fdisk is missing an option to avoid displaying extended partition data
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: Martin Husemann <martin@duskware.de>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 04/05/2003 14:41:05
>Number:         21027
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       fdisk is missing an option to avoid displaying extended partition data
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    bin-bug-people
>State:          open
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Sat Apr 05 04:42:01 PST 2003
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Martin Husemann
>Release:        NetBSD 1.6Q
>Organization:
>Environment:
System: NetBSD night-porter.duskware.de 1.6Q NetBSD 1.6Q (PORTER) #4: Fri Apr 4 14:17:30 MEST 2003 martin@night-porter.duskware.de:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/PORTER i386
Architecture: i386
Machine: i386
>Description:

Due to histerical raisins my extend partition chain is long deeply nested.
It nearly takes more than a page and wraps on a standard i386 console screen.

Furthermore in many situations (e.g. when you try to change an active 
partition) its content is totaly useless.

It would be nice to have an option to fdisk to supress this display.

>How-To-Repeat:
obvious.
>Fix:
n/a
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: