-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Aleksander Adamowski wrote: > Hi! > In the 9.1 RC1 installer, the partitioning editor only has a slider for > setting partition size. > I have a large disk (120GB) and when I want to set a fine-grained size > for my swap partition, I am completely unable to do it! > > The size jups between 0 MB and 711 MB when I drag the slider only one > pixel to the right! > > This is unusable.
Not totally, you can use the arrow keys (not very intuitive, but it works) to adjust the size in 1MB increments, but see below ... > > I propose two changes in the partitioning tool: > 1) Make the size indicator an editable text box (it is currently a > non-editable label) for setting the size manually A spinbutton has been implemented now (only in expert mode), so you can directly edit the size. This will be in the next drakxtools, but there was a patch posted to cooker last night that you can use in the meantime. See: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=mandrake-cooker&m=104596129505929&w=2 > 2) (optional) Make the slider act on a logarithmic, not linear, scale. > IMHO, it would be better to have MB/GB/TB (actually, MiB, GiB, TiB) options in a drop-down box, since it is normally convenient to use such sizes. Regards, Buchan - -- |--------------Another happy Mandrake Club member--------------| Buchan Milne Mechanical Engineer, Network Manager Cellphone * Work +27 82 472 2231 * +27 21 8828820x121 Stellenbosch Automotive Engineering http://www.cae.co.za GPG Key http://ranger.dnsalias.com/bgmilne.asc 1024D/60D204A7 2919 E232 5610 A038 87B1 72D6 AC92 BA50 60D2 04A7 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQE+We1YrJK6UGDSBKcRAqjQAJ0Za2cubc+ajLlkqm65kL4OvkuXiQCgpnQ8 y+0esJlmVme1xbX/TbUNNNI= =NUvI -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
