Bob Nestor <rnestor@metronet.com>  wrote:

Bob> Some disk formatters build partition maps larger than
Bob> the number of partitions actually created.  As I recall
Bob> Apple's utilities do this, but most other 3rd party
Bob> formatters don't. That can be a real problem with
Bob> pdisk.

Do you mean both of Apple HD/SC Setup and Drive Setup are
affected?  I like HD/SC Setup except it's modal dialog
implememtation.

I have some 3rd party utilities.  HDT personal edition and
B's Crew which is popular in Japan.  But they can't handle
non HFS partitions correctly. (partition size, type)

Bob> A solution is to re-format your disk and create many
Bob> HFS partitions, then convert them to "Free" with pdisk.

It's a clean solution.