> The patch below does two things:
>
> (i) fixes a small bug in the new partition code
> This is the final chunk s/n/slot/. I'll refrain from giving a vi script.
> This is uncontroversial.
>
> (ii) removes ancient garbage concerning disk managers
> This may well be controversial.
The disk managers where kludgy garbage in first place.
And nowadays I agree with you: It's not worth to dragg it around.
Indeed. But the change will generate some noise.
People will get assigned a somewhat different disk geometry
in many cases and will need some education (or a new fdisk)
to keep them from worrying.
Andries
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