[Bug 984449] [NEW] Palimpsest doesn't allow precisely-sized partitions

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Public bug reported:

Palimpsest doesn't allow precisely-sized partitions. I need to be able
to specify the size of a new partition at creation time in Bytes (not
MiB, GiB, or TiB).

Not that it matters, but the reason I need to do so is because I have an
existing RAID5, and I wanted to make a new partition on a new drive to
add to the RAID, and doing so automatically (by selecting the RAID in
palimpsest and trying to add the unformatted drive) doesn't work (the
partition size it creates is too small), and I cannot do it manually,
because the slider input field is too coarse. I need to be able to enter
the partition size manually, using my choice of units.

** Affects: partman-partitioning (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  Palimpsest doesn't allow precisely-sized partitions

Status in “partman-partitioning” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Palimpsest doesn't allow precisely-sized partitions. I need to be able
  to specify the size of a new partition at creation time in Bytes (not
  MiB, GiB, or TiB).

  Not that it matters, but the reason I need to do so is because I have
  an existing RAID5, and I wanted to make a new partition on a new drive
  to add to the RAID, and doing so automatically (by selecting the RAID
  in palimpsest and trying to add the unformatted drive) doesn't work
  (the partition size it creates is too small), and I cannot do it
  manually, because the slider input field is too coarse. I need to be
  able to enter the partition size manually, using my choice of units.

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