* Mark <bts@bts.grml.org> [20080711 09:05]:

> Grml has superior package selections.  GNU cfdisk is one of them.  Please keep
> it.  Sidux 2008-02 (just released) has a Debian cfdisk version 2002 (6 years old!).

> That variant has few units (MB, sectors, cyl).  GNU cfdisk has bytes, KiB, KB,
> GiB, GB, etc.  This choice is extremely helpful.  I use dd_rescue to copy
> partitions and need byte precision for that.

> I loathe fdisk input/output operation because I change my mind while staring at
> the screen.  Fdisk gives nothing to look at.  Gparted shows bars, but lacks the
> byte precision of GNU cfdisk and needs an X session too.

> Unclear what the "annoying bugs" are...package problems?  Isn't that a Debian
> issue?  The program has always worked for me.  My favorite partitioning tool.

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=461888 is really
just a Debian packaging issue (though an annoying one), yes.

The main problem is:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=445304

It was such an annoying problem that we even added it to our FAQ:
http://grml.org/faq/#fdisk

Sad situation. :-/

mfg,
-mika-