Bug in MediaToolbox 52.12

A forum for general AmigaOS 4.x support questions that are not platform-specific
User avatar
ZeroG
Posts: 124
Joined: Sat Jun 18, 2011 11:31 am
Location: Germany

Bug in MediaToolbox 52.12

Post by ZeroG »

Hi, I have found a bug in MediaToolbox 52.12 (15.02.2009).
In the "editing partitions for disk -something-" window it is not possible to add a new partition into the free space between two other partitions.
It's only possible to add a new partition to the end of the disk.
mtb.png
(92.95 KiB) Downloaded 458 times
xenic
Posts: 1185
Joined: Sun Jun 19, 2011 12:06 am

Re: Bug in MediaToolbox 52.12

Post by xenic »

@ZeroG
It seems to work for me. I click on the empty space between partitions and select the "Add partition" button. The empty space then becomes a default (DOS/3) partition and I can adjust the size and change the filesystem.
AmigaOne X1000 with 2GB memory - OS4.1 FE
User avatar
ZeroG
Posts: 124
Joined: Sat Jun 18, 2011 11:31 am
Location: Germany

Re: Bug in MediaToolbox 52.12

Post by ZeroG »

@xenic
Thanks.
I tried again and it seems that is possible to add a new partition between dh0: and dh2: but not between dh2: and dh12:.
User avatar
MichaelMerkel
Beta Tester
Beta Tester
Posts: 355
Joined: Mon Dec 20, 2010 2:08 pm
Location: Germany
Contact:

Re: Bug in MediaToolbox 52.12

Post by MichaelMerkel »

i tried to reproduce this... without luck.
i created a new partition with space before and after. resetted.
then treid to create partitions before and after that one. worked 100%.
maybe quite special to your partition layout?

maybe if you can post a mountlist or so? someone can retest this? of course an emtpy hard disk would be needed - i don't have one here :-(

regards...
michael
Michael Merkel :lol:
(Member of Amiga Freunde Pfalz)
User avatar
tonyw
AmigaOS Core Developer
AmigaOS Core Developer
Posts: 1479
Joined: Wed Mar 09, 2011 1:36 pm
Location: Sydney, Australia

Re: Bug in MediaToolbox 52.12

Post by tonyw »

It works fine on my machines, I use it often to create a partition with space on each side (for safety). Just click in the empty space first, then click on "Add Partition", as Xenic said.
cheers
tony
User avatar
ZeroG
Posts: 124
Joined: Sat Jun 18, 2011 11:31 am
Location: Germany

Re: Bug in MediaToolbox 52.12

Post by ZeroG »

@MichaelMerkel
I have created mountlists for all partitions, a text version of the RDB and some new screenshots.

So wie die Sache hier liegt brauchst du keine leere Platte, versuch mal das (aber nicht auf speichern drücken...)
- alle Partitionen entfernen
- eine neue Partition anlegen die ca. 1/4 der Platte einnimmt, der unterer Zylinder sollte beim tiefst möglichen Wert +1 liegen
- rechts eine weitere Partition anlegen die ca. die hälfte der Platte einnimmt und diese ganz nach rechts schieben
- jetzt versuch beim restlichen 1/4 der Platte eine Partition anzulegen und gucken was passiert

Same text in bad english:
You do not need a empty harddisk, try this (but do not press save ...)
- remove all partitions
- creating a new partition, about 1/4 of the harddisk, the lower cylinder should be the lowest possible value +1
- create another partition about half of the harddisk and move it to the right
- now try to create a partition in the remaining 1/4 of the harddisk
MTB.zip
(296.27 KiB) Downloaded 317 times
User avatar
A3000T
Beta Tester
Beta Tester
Posts: 71
Joined: Tue Dec 21, 2010 7:03 pm
Location: Netherlands

Re: Bug in MediaToolbox 52.12

Post by A3000T »

ZeroG wrote:@MichaelMerkel
Same text in bad english:
You do not need a empty harddisk, try this (but do not press save ...)
- remove all partitions
- creating a new partition, about 1/4 of the harddisk, the lower cylinder should be the lowest possible value +1
- create another partition about half of the harddisk and move it to the right
- now try to create a partition in the remaining 1/4 of the harddisk
You are correct. It seems I can't create a new partition between two other partitions if there is an unpartitioned area on the far left of the disk. I'll file a bug report about this if someone else hasn't done so already.

Kind regards,

Dennis
User avatar
ZeroG
Posts: 124
Joined: Sat Jun 18, 2011 11:31 am
Location: Germany

Re: Bug in MediaToolbox 52.12

Post by ZeroG »

@A3000T
Thank you.
Belxjander
Posts: 314
Joined: Mon May 14, 2012 10:26 pm
Location: 日本千葉県松戸市 / Matsudo City, Chiba, Japan
Contact:

Re: Bug in MediaToolbox 52.12

Post by Belxjander »

I have also run into this problem.

Now that I know about it I can make a workaround
EDIT: I managed to find a solution...

When Media Toolbox refuses... select the left most area of the disk and create a partition there...
After that (no initial free space) It *will* let you make a new partition elsewhere (you can delete the temporary partition afterwords or leave it as non-automounting)

I however had other problems turn up which has seen me shift to a new HDD anyway.
Last edited by Belxjander on Fri Feb 07, 2014 2:44 am, edited 1 time in total.
User avatar
salass00
AmigaOS Core Developer
AmigaOS Core Developer
Posts: 530
Joined: Sat Jun 18, 2011 3:12 pm
Location: Finland
Contact:

Re: Bug in MediaToolbox 52.12

Post by salass00 »

This bug should be fixed in the latest SP_Engine which I've just uploaded for beta testing.
Post Reply