> On Aug 2, 2022, at 8:14 PM, Eric Auer <e.a...@jpberlin.de> wrote:
>
>
> Hi!
>
> To be a bit more productive than just complaining, how about this?
>
> /* Automatically partition the selected hard drive */
> void Automatically_Partition_Hard_Drive()
>
> could be patched using:
>
>> --- FDISKIO.C.bak 2022-08-03 02:10:06.914145715 +0200
>> +++ FDISKIO.C 2022-08-03 02:10:27.141382832 +0200
>> @@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
>> (pDrive->total_head+1)*
>> pDrive->total_sect / 2048; */
>> }while( (pDrive->ext_part_largest_free_space > 0)
>> - && (Determine_Drive_Letters()<'Z') );
>> + && (Determine_Drive_Letters()<'D') );
>> }
>> }
>>
>
> That would at least somewhat limit the damage done by /AUTO :-)
>
> One could also change the following part to NOT use type 6:
>
> /* Create a primary partition...if the size or type is incorrect, */
> /* int Create_Primary_Partition(...) will adjust it automatically. */
> Determine_Free_Space();
> Set_Active_Partition(Create_Primary_Partition(6,2048));
>
> By using FAT32, the whole extended/logical partition creation
> hassles could be dropped, making a FAT32 variant of /AUTO much
> simpler than the original. Both could co-exist with different
> command line options in a patched FDISK, e.g. /AUTO32 and /AUTO.
Instead of changing the existing behavior, it may be better to just create 2
new switches.
/AUTO16 - Create one partition, as large as possible, up to 2GB.
/AUTO32 - Create one partition, as large as possible, using entire drive
(probably).
Or possibly even better,
/AUTOMAX n - limit number of created partitions to n.
/AUTO32 - Create FAT32 partition(s).
Maybe even an,
/AUTOSIZE n - to specify a maximum size of automatically created partition(s).
>
> Eric
>
Just a thought.
:-)
Jerome
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