[Bug 86202] Re: Manual partitioner gives no help when already have four primary partitions defined

[Matthew Paul Thomas]

I suggest that if there are already four primary partitions, clicking the button to add a new partition should open an error alert with:
* primary text 'Sorry, adding another partition to this disk isn’t possible when it has four “primary partitions”.'
* secondary text "If you delete any of the primary partitions, you can then add as many partitions as you wish."
* five radio buttons, the first to "Leave all partitions as they are", then one each to "Delete ____" one of the primary partitions.
* "Cancel" and "Delete" buttons, where the "Delete" button is insensitive when "Leave all partitions as they are" is selected.

** Attachment added: "Sketch of error alert"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/86202/+attachment/2228490/+files/partition-advanced-add-4primary.png

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Title:
  Manual partitioner gives no help when already have four primary
  partitions defined

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  When I install Feisty and I choose to do Manual partitioning, there is
  nothing that Ubiquity does to tells me why I cannot add a new
  partition in the free space.   I already have four primary partitions
  defined so of course I cannot add another partition.  However, unless
  I already knew there is a limit of four primary/extended partitions, I
  would think that the "Prepare partitions" was broken because when you
  double-click on the "free space", nothing happens.

  How to recreate:
  Launch Feisty LiveCD install,
  In "Prepare Disk Space" step, select Manual partitioning.
  Add partitions until there are four primary partitions defined, leaving some "free space" yet.
  Double-click on the "free space".
  Instead of getting the "Create partition" dialog box, nothing happens. 

  Expected behavior:
  If I try to add a fifth partition, maybe display an error message to tell me that there is a limit of four primary partitions, and that to get more partitions I can go with three primary partitions and then add logical partitions from there?

  Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Herd4 i386

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