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Re: error messages should suggest what to do next
From: |
Andrew Clausen |
Subject: |
Re: error messages should suggest what to do next |
Date: |
Sat, 3 Jul 2004 22:26:59 +1000 |
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Mutt/1.5.5.1+cvs20040105i |
On Thu, Jul 01, 2004 at 03:47:18AM +0800, Dan Jacobson wrote:
> When the user sees
> Error: Can't have a partition outside the disk!
> Information: The operating system thinks the geometry on /dev/hda is
> 4111/255/63. Therefore,
> cylinder 1024 ends at 8032.499M.
> he can't find what to do next in the manual. E.g., he searches for
> keyword "outside" but finds nothing.
> Perhaps output also "see the Large-Disk-HOWTO".
> (hoping they'll know where to look).
What should the user do? What should Parted do?
(What does the large-disk-howto have to do with it?)
Cheers,
Andrew
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