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Current FreeDOS fdisk utility (Users)

posted by tom , Germany (West), 15.01.2021, 22:37

> I think I understand the problem now, and it's not easy to fix.
>
> for ease of arithmetic, assume a cylinder size of 1000 sectors.
>
> if an existing 4500 sector partition extends from 5200 to 9700, FDISK will
> "round down" this partition to 5000 through 9999, will create the next
> partition at 10000, and everybody is happy.
>
> if an existing 4500 sector partition extends from 5600 to 10100, FDISK will
> "round down" this partition to 5000 through 9999, will create the next
> partition at 10000, and everybody is unhappy (sooner or later).

unfortunately, I think my explanation was wrong, at least as far as Read_Partiton_Tables() is concerned. IMO this should work as expected.

the bug must be somewhere else.

unfortunately, the package as delivered doesn't compile as catgets.* is missing.

Complete thread:

• Current FreeDOS fdisk utility - Japheth, 01.01.2021, 20:51
  • Current FreeDOS fdisk utility - RayeR, 01.01.2021, 23:45
    • Current FreeDOS fdisk utility - Japheth, 02.01.2021, 02:54
      • Current FreeDOS fdisk utility - RayeR, 02.01.2021, 03:17
        • Current FreeDOS fdisk utility - Japheth, 02.01.2021, 03:26
          • Current FreeDOS fdisk utility - rr, 02.01.2021, 12:44
            • Current FreeDOS fdisk utility - Japheth, 02.01.2021, 15:41
              • Current FreeDOS fdisk utility - rr, 05.01.2021, 21:46
                • Current FreeDOS fdisk utility - Japheth, 06.01.2021, 11:03
                  • Current FreeDOS fdisk utility - tom, 06.01.2021, 16:34
                    • Forum monospaced font bug - ecm, 06.01.2021, 16:54
                    • Current FreeDOS fdisk utility - Japheth, 06.01.2021, 17:14
                      • Current FreeDOS fdisk utility - rr, 07.01.2021, 23:49
                        • Current FreeDOS fdisk utility - ecm, 08.01.2021, 00:04
                        • Current FreeDOS fdisk utility - mceric, 08.01.2021, 01:18
                          • Current FreeDOS fdisk utility - rr, 08.01.2021, 22:21
                            • Current FreeDOS fdisk utility - mceric, 09.01.2021, 01:49
                        • Current FreeDOS fdisk utility - Japheth, 08.01.2021, 05:05
                          • Current FreeDOS fdisk utility - tom, 08.01.2021, 13:53
                            • Current FreeDOS fdisk utility - Japheth, 08.01.2021, 22:51
                              • BBCode code tag - rr, 08.01.2021, 23:24
                                • BBCode code tag - Japheth, 09.01.2021, 05:24
                                  • BBCode code tag - rr, 09.01.2021, 19:56
                                    • BBCode code tag - Japheth, 10.01.2021, 02:22
                                      • BBCode code tag - rr, 10.01.2021, 15:16
                          • Current FreeDOS fdisk utility - rr, 08.01.2021, 22:02
                  • Current FreeDOS fdisk utility - glennmcc, 06.01.2021, 19:01
                    • Current FreeDOS fdisk utility - glennmcc, 06.01.2021, 19:17
    • Current FreeDOS fdisk utility - rr, 08.01.2021, 23:52
      • Current FreeDOS fdisk utility - boeckmann, 22.03.2023, 15:45
        • Current FreeDOS fdisk utility - kerravon, 24.03.2023, 02:28
          • Current FreeDOS fdisk utility - tom, 24.03.2023, 18:47
          • Current FreeDOS fdisk utility - tom, 24.03.2023, 18:49
            • Current FreeDOS fdisk utility - Rugxulo, 25.03.2023, 03:18
  • Current FreeDOS fdisk utility - rr, 02.01.2021, 12:50
    • Current FreeDOS fdisk utility - other FreeDOS bugs and fixes - mceric, 02.01.2021, 16:13
      • Current FreeDOS fdisk utility - other FreeDOS bugs and fixes - ecm, 02.01.2021, 17:21
        • Current FreeDOS fdisk utility - other FreeDOS bugs and fixes - mceric, 02.01.2021, 20:23
          • Current FreeDOS fdisk utility - other FreeDOS bugs and fixes - tom, 09.01.2021, 19:56
            • Current FreeDOS fdisk utility - other FreeDOS bugs and fixes - mceric, 10.01.2021, 00:40
  • Current FreeDOS fdisk utility - Japheth, 02.01.2021, 15:39
  • Current FreeDOS fdisk utility - marcov, 02.01.2021, 16:56
  • Bug confirmed - Japheth, 03.01.2021, 11:16
    • Bug confirmed - tom, 03.01.2021, 15:45
      • Bug confirmed - Japheth, 03.01.2021, 20:40
    • Bug confirmed - tom, 06.01.2021, 17:31
      • Bug confirmed - Japheth, 06.01.2021, 18:16
        • Bug confirmed - RayeR, 16.01.2021, 05:14
          • Bug confirmed - tom, 16.01.2021, 12:01
      • Bug confirmed - rr, 07.01.2021, 23:48
  • Current FreeDOS fdisk utility - tom, 10.01.2021, 19:10
    • Current FreeDOS fdisk utility - Japheth, 11.01.2021, 11:49
      • Current FreeDOS fdisk utility - mceric, 11.01.2021, 14:16
        • Current FreeDOS fdisk utility - tom, 11.01.2021, 20:11
          • Current FreeDOS fdisk utility - Ringding, 13.01.2021, 12:09
      • Current FreeDOS fdisk utility - rr, 11.01.2021, 18:12
      • Current FreeDOS fdisk utility - tom, 11.01.2021, 19:57
        • Current FreeDOS fdisk utility - mceric, 11.01.2021, 22:20
          • Current FreeDOS fdisk utility - tom, 11.01.2021, 23:13
            • Current FreeDOS fdisk utility - mceric, 12.01.2021, 02:51
            • Current FreeDOS fdisk utility - mceric, 12.03.2021, 16:13
              • Current FreeDOS fdisk utility - tom, 14.03.2021, 21:14
        • Current FreeDOS fdisk utility - tom, 15.01.2021, 22:37
          • Current FreeDOS fdisk utility - Japheth, 16.01.2021, 18:56
          • Current FreeDOS fdisk utility - tom, 17.01.2021, 14:58
            • Current FreeDOS fdisk utility - RayeR, 17.01.2021, 21:24
              • Current FreeDOS fdisk utility - tom, 18.01.2021, 10:19
                • Current FreeDOS fdisk utility - RayeR, 21.01.2021, 02:57
                • Current FreeDOS fdisk utility - tom, 23.01.2021, 19:14
                  • Current FreeDOS fdisk utility - RayeR, 23.01.2021, 20:51
                    • Current FreeDOS fdisk utility - tom, 23.01.2021, 21:18
                      • Current FreeDOS fdisk utility - RayeR, 26.01.2021, 04:01
                        • Current FreeDOS fdisk utility - tom, 26.01.2021, 18:46
                        • Current FreeDOS fdisk utility - Japheth, 28.01.2021, 22:21
                          • Current FreeDOS fdisk utility - tom, 28.01.2021, 22:35
                            • Current FreeDOS fdisk utility - RayeR, 29.01.2021, 00:58
                              • Current FreeDOS fdisk utility - tom, 30.01.2021, 17:09
                                • Current FreeDOS fdisk utility - rr, 31.01.2021, 12:07
                                • Current FreeDOS fdisk utility - RayeR, 01.02.2021, 12:51
                                  • Current FreeDOS fdisk utility - tom, 01.02.2021, 13:53
                                • Current FreeDOS fdisk utility - tom, 01.02.2021, 14:54
                                  • Current FreeDOS fdisk utility - RayeR, 02.02.2021, 07:28
                                    • Current FreeDOS fdisk utility - Japheth, 02.02.2021, 08:59
                                      • Current FreeDOS fdisk utility - RayeR, 02.02.2021, 13:18
                                        • Current FreeDOS fdisk utility - tom, 02.02.2021, 15:59
                                          • Current FreeDOS fdisk utility - RayeR, 02.02.2021, 19:40
                                            • Current FreeDOS fdisk utility - RayeR, 03.02.2021, 04:05
                                          • Current FreeDOS fdisk utility - tom, 09.02.2021, 17:35
                                            • Current FreeDOS fdisk utility - Japheth, 10.02.2021, 06:45
                                              • Current FreeDOS fdisk utility - RayeR, 11.02.2021, 19:03
                                            • Current FreeDOS fdisk utility - RayeR, 12.02.2021, 02:44
                            • Current FreeDOS fdisk utility - Japheth, 29.01.2021, 06:37
                              • Current FreeDOS fdisk utility - Ringding, 29.01.2021, 09:30
                                • Current FreeDOS fdisk utility - Japheth, 29.01.2021, 15:19