extended partition not covering entire hard disk

[Hervé Fache]

May I suggest you file a bug against the installer?

https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+bugs

On 8/26/06, David Balazic <david.balazic at hermes.si> wrote:
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> Hi!
>
>  The ubuntu installer creates a partition layout, where the extended
> partition
>  spans the used logical partition and leaves the rest of disk out.
>  Illustration :
>
>  80 GB disk :
>   - 1st primary partition , 10 GB
>   - extended partition , 30 GB :
>     - 1st logical partition : 1 GB
>     - 2nd logical partition : 29 GB
>
>  This layout makes creating further logical partitions very hard,
>  since the tool used should expand the extended partitions without
>  destroying its contents, which is a task almost no partitioning
>  tool can do.
>
>  Hereby I politely ask, to make ubuntu create extended paritions that
>  cover the entire space until the end of the disk.
>
>  Thank you.
>
>  (or at least argument, why is the current behavior good)
>
>  Regards,
>  David
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