[Bug 86202] Re: Manual partitioner gives no help when already have four primary partitions defined

[Marcus Tomlinson]

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** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => Incomplete

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Title:
  Manual partitioner gives no help when already have four primary
  partitions defined

Status in ubiquity package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  When I install Feisty and I choose to do Manual partitioning, there is
  nothing that Ubiquity does to tells me why I cannot add a new
  partition in the free space.   I already have four primary partitions
  defined so of course I cannot add another partition.  However, unless
  I already knew there is a limit of four primary/extended partitions, I
  would think that the "Prepare partitions" was broken because when you
  double-click on the "free space", nothing happens.

  How to recreate:
  Launch Feisty LiveCD install,
  In "Prepare Disk Space" step, select Manual partitioning.
  Add partitions until there are four primary partitions defined, leaving some "free space" yet.
  Double-click on the "free space".
  Instead of getting the "Create partition" dialog box, nothing happens. 

  Expected behavior:
  If I try to add a fifth partition, maybe display an error message to tell me that there is a limit of four primary partitions, and that to get more partitions I can go with three primary partitions and then add logical partitions from there?

  Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Herd4 i386

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