[Bug 32479] Re: 'create msdos label' in partitioner unclear, please use 'master boot record (MBR)' term

[Phillip Susi]

** Package changed: gparted (Baltix) => ubuntu

** No longer affects: ubuntu

** Changed in: gparted (Ubuntu)
       Status: Incomplete => Fix Released

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Title:
  'create msdos label' in partitioner unclear, please use 'master boot
  record (MBR)' term

Status in “gparted” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  When using the GParted partitioning tool, I clicked on the unallocated
  space and then clicked the New button to add a partition. The next
  dialog box only allows me to add an 'msdos label'.

  From speaking to Kamian it seems that this really means 'Create a PC
  partition table'. This should be changed as (a) I am not using MSDOS
  and (b) users may confuse 'msdos' for a filesystem type.

  Most people know msdos partition table as "master boot record (MBR)
  partitioning style", so, "MBR" should be mentioned in some way, as
  people familiar with other popular operating systems are most likely
  to deal with this partitioning style — and that is the term they are
  going to look for.

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