Re: [Gptfdisk-general] cgdisk: blank disk warning confusing (wishlist)

[David L. <lio...@co...>]

On 7/31/12 6:07 AM, notstop wrote:
> On 31/07/2012 13:16, David Liontooth wrote:
>> When I use gdisk on a new disk, it correctly detects there is nothing there:
>>
>> # gdisk /dev/sdae
>> GPT fdisk (gdisk) version 0.8.5
>>
>> Partition table scan:
>>      MBR: not present
>>      BSD: not present
>>      APM: not present
>>      GPT: not present
>>
>> Creating new GPT entries.
>>
>> Command (? for help):
>>
>> (Incidentally, the message "Creating new GPT entries" is confusing;
>> presumably the program does nothing until asked.
>> A better wording might be "Ready to create new GPT entries.")
> I think would be better to say "GTP partition created / modified.
> Remember to write changes to disk!"

Wait -- this is before making any changes at all; I'm talking about the 
message on the "welcome screen".

Dave