Feature changed by: Roman Bysh (Romanator) Feature #314709, revision 3 Title: Remove cylinder measurement in Yast Partitioner openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Mandatory Requested by: Roman Bysh (romanator) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: I propose that openSUSE remove the use of "cylinder measurement" during - the partitioning phase of an installation. + the partitioning phase. This is due to the fact that the newer drives use " LBA " and no longer require the outdated cylinder line up. This should be replaced with a slider that measures partitions in megabytes, gigabytes and in the near future terabytes. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/314709

Feature changed by: Roman Bysh (Romanator) Feature #314709, revision 6 Title: Remove cylinder measurement in Yast Partitioner openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Mandatory Requested by: Roman Bysh (romanator) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: - I propose that openSUSE remove the use of "cylinder measurement" during - the partitioning phase. + The use of "cylinder measurement" during partitioning should be removed + by openSUSE. This is due to the fact that the newer drives use " LBA " and no longer require the use of cylinders. This should be replaced with a slider that measures partitions in megabytes, gigabytes and in the near future terabytes. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/314709

Feature changed by: Ned Ulbricht (ned_ulbricht) Feature #314709, revision 9 Title: Remove cylinder measurement in Yast Partitioner openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Mandatory Requested by: Roman Bysh (romanator) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: The use of "cylinder measurement" during partitioning should be removed by openSUSE. Now that newer drives use " LBA " the use of cylinders is no longer required. This should be replaced with a slider that measures partitions in megabytes, gigabytes and in the near future terabytes. + Discussion: + #1: Ned Ulbricht (ned_ulbricht) (2013-01-02 17:59:15) + Cylinder alignment is still required for dual-boot compatability with + Windows XP. + That use case may or may not be all that important to us anymore. + However, at the very least, a change which breaks things in that + scenario should be well-documented as NOT SUPPORTED anymore. + There are known issues with MBR partitioning using Microsoft Vista (or + later) diskpart, which aligns on 1MB boundaries, when XP compatibility + is still required. I don't have a setup like that myself, so I'm not up + on the exact details. But the issues have bitten others. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/314709

Feature changed by: Roman Bysh (Romanator) Feature #314709, revision 12 Title: Remove cylinder measurement in Yast Partitioner openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Mandatory Requested by: Roman Bysh (romanator) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: The use of "cylinder measurement" during partitioning should be removed by openSUSE. - Now that newer drives use " LBA " the use of cylinders is no longer - required. - This should be replaced with a slider that measures partitions in - megabytes, gigabytes and in the near future terabytes. + New drives use " LBA " making the use of cylinders no longer a feature + that should be deprecated. + I am asking that a slider be implemented to create and resize + partitions in megabytes, gigabytes and in the near future terabytes. Discussion: #1: Ned Ulbricht (ned_ulbricht) (2013-01-02 17:59:15) Cylinder alignment is still required for dual-boot compatability with Windows XP. That use case may or may not be all that important to us anymore. However, at the very least, a change which breaks things in that scenario should be well-documented as NOT SUPPORTED anymore. There are known issues with MBR partitioning using Microsoft Vista (or later) diskpart, which aligns on 1MB boundaries, when XP compatibility is still required. I don't have a setup like that myself, so I'm not up on the exact details. But the issues have bitten others. #2: Ned Ulbricht (ned_ulbricht) (2013-01-02 18:21:17) (reply to #1) Here's one of the known issues: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/931760 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/931760) "You cannot install Windows XP successfully after you use Windows Vista or Windows PE 2.0 to create partitions on a hard disk" -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/314709

Feature changed by: Roman Bysh (Romanator) Feature #314709, revision 16 Title: Remove cylinder measurement in Yast Partitioner openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Mandatory Requested by: Roman Bysh (romanator) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: The use of "cylinder measurement" during partitioning should be removed by openSUSE. New drives use LBA making the use of cylinders a feature that should be deprecated. I am asking that a slider be implemented to create and resize partitions in megabytes, gigabytes and in the near future terabytes. Discussion: #1: Ned Ulbricht (ned_ulbricht) (2013-01-02 17:59:15) Cylinder alignment is still required for dual-boot compatability with Windows XP. That use case may or may not be all that important to us anymore. However, at the very least, a change which breaks things in that scenario should be well-documented as NOT SUPPORTED anymore. There are known issues with MBR partitioning using Microsoft Vista (or later) diskpart, which aligns on 1MB boundaries, when XP compatibility is still required. I don't have a setup like that myself, so I'm not up on the exact details. But the issues have bitten others. #2: Ned Ulbricht (ned_ulbricht) (2013-01-02 18:21:17) (reply to #1) Here's one of the known issues: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/931760 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/931760) "You cannot install Windows XP successfully after you use Windows Vista or Windows PE 2.0 to create partitions on a hard disk" + #3: Roman Bysh (romanator) (2013-01-07 18:23:58) + I understand about dual boot operating systems. What I'm asking + openSUSE is to update the gui partitioner so that it measures in MB, GB + and TB. + Microsoft and Apple partitioners create and resize this way including + other Linux distros. Yes? -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/314709

Feature changed by: Roman Bysh (Romanator) Feature #314709, revision 20 Title: Remove cylinder measurement in Yast Partitioner openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Mandatory Requested by: Roman Bysh (romanator) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: The use of "cylinder measurement" during partitioning should be removed by openSUSE. Since 2009 new drives use LBA making the use of cylinders a feature - that should be deprecated. Except for older drives + that should be deprecated. I am asking that a "gui" slider representation of the hard drive be implemented to allow the user to create and resize partitions in megabytes, gigabytes and in the near future terabytes. Discussion: #1: Ned Ulbricht (ned_ulbricht) (2013-01-02 17:59:15) Cylinder alignment is still required for dual-boot compatability with Windows XP. That use case may or may not be all that important to us anymore. However, at the very least, a change which breaks things in that scenario should be well-documented as NOT SUPPORTED anymore. There are known issues with MBR partitioning using Microsoft Vista (or later) diskpart, which aligns on 1MB boundaries, when XP compatibility is still required. I don't have a setup like that myself, so I'm not up on the exact details. But the issues have bitten others. #2: Ned Ulbricht (ned_ulbricht) (2013-01-02 18:21:17) (reply to #1) Here's one of the known issues: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/931760 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/931760) "You cannot install Windows XP successfully after you use Windows Vista or Windows PE 2.0 to create partitions on a hard disk" #3: Roman Bysh (romanator) (2013-01-07 18:23:58) I understand about dual boot operating systems. What I'm asking openSUSE is to update the gui partitioner so that it measures in MB, GB and TB. Microsoft and Apple partitioners create and resize this way including other Linux distros. Yes? -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/314709

Feature changed by: Karl Cheng (qantas94heavy) Feature #314709, revision 22 Title: Remove cylinder measurement in Yast Partitioner - openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed + openSUSE Distribution: Done Priority Requester: Mandatory Requested by: Roman Bysh (romanator) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: The use of "cylinder measurement" during partitioning should be removed by openSUSE. Since 2009, new drives use LBA making the use of cylinders a feature that should be deprecated. I am asking that a "gui" slider representation of the hard drive be implemented to allow the user to create and resize partitions in megabytes, gigabytes and in the near future terabytes. Discussion: #1: Ned Ulbricht (ned_ulbricht) (2013-01-02 17:59:15) Cylinder alignment is still required for dual-boot compatability with Windows XP. That use case may or may not be all that important to us anymore. However, at the very least, a change which breaks things in that scenario should be well-documented as NOT SUPPORTED anymore. There are known issues with MBR partitioning using Microsoft Vista (or later) diskpart, which aligns on 1MB boundaries, when XP compatibility is still required. I don't have a setup like that myself, so I'm not up on the exact details. But the issues have bitten others. #2: Ned Ulbricht (ned_ulbricht) (2013-01-02 18:21:17) (reply to #1) Here's one of the known issues: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/931760 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/931760) "You cannot install Windows XP successfully after you use Windows Vista or Windows PE 2.0 to create partitions on a hard disk" #3: Roman Bysh (romanator) (2013-01-07 18:23:58) I understand about dual boot operating systems. What I'm asking openSUSE is to update the gui partitioner so that it measures in MB, GB and TB. Microsoft and Apple partitioners create and resize this way including other Linux distros. Yes? -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/314709