install wizard partition size illustration problem

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pic 1:
https://pasteboard.co/Iew0FeR.jpg

pic 2:
https://pasteboard.co/Iew0WrQ.jpg

In the above openSUZE 15.1beta install wizard partition illustration, the extended partition graphically displayed in a confusing position.
On the second picture, I draw with red pencil to indicate a normal partion management software give the end position of the extended partition.
I dont quite understand, is this a intentional design, or a minor bug?
thanks

System Info:
Sony VPCS125EC (laptop)
BIOS: InsydH2O
Hard Drive: Toshiba TR200 SSD

ps.
Same problem happend on openSUZE 15.0 install wizard and YAST partition manger.

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I am not sure that I understand the issue. A red mark, by itself, does not explain anything.

I’m not seeing a problem. But perhaps you do not understand the special nature of the extended partition.

I’ll wait for further comments before saying more.

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That was my first reaction also (lack of explanation from the side of the OP on what he expected to see).

But I think I get it. While the list of partitions below looks correct (and that is the place that would interest me), there is a sort of graphical display on how the partitions are situated on the disk by a bar above.
In that bar sda3 (the extended one) is shown before sda5 (green without name), sda6 (blue without name), sda7 (dark grey), sda8 (dark green) and unassigend (dark blue). In fact sda3 should encompass all those and may be as a separate bar above sda5-sda8.

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Extended partition sda3 is shown separately from logical partitions it contains. First it shows sda3, then it shows sda4 etc beyond the end of sda3.

It is not 15.1 specific. I just accidentally destroyed Leap 15.0 VM :slight_smile: so I started to reinstall it. I have 40G HDD, I created 5G primary partition and 35G extended partition and overview shows 5G partition, 35G partition and 35G unpartitioned space.

This is confusing indeed.

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Yes, you are right. I normally don’t look at that, but I see that it can be confusing.

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Thanks, you quite got what I mean.
Others could open you YAST partition manager from openSUZE Leap 15.0/15.1beta, same problem here.

To be more specific, 2 more pics below.

pic 3: orange line arrow means the way that other partition tools illustrate the relationship between extended partition and its content.

pic 4: example from PartitionGuru (partition management software running on Windows 10)

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This problem is not something that can be solved in forum. Open bug report if you want it to be fixed.

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I just checked on a 31.1 system. There is an extended partition on the system disk there, but it is not shown in the bar at all.
So probably someone decided to redesign this bar and to include extended partitions and did it wrong. :frowning:

Even if many of us never look there (dylan_os being the first one to report it) it should either be left out as it was, or done properly. Yes, please a bug report would be best.

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In my memory, the bar illustration in partition manager was first introduced till Leap 15.0.
Thank you and all the above guys.

I’m trying bugreport now.

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bug report I submitted here:

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1135003

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The above is not from my memory, but from looking on a 31.1 system.

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Yes, that’s correct. They redesigned the partitioner for 15.0 (and for Tumbleweed at around the same time).

When hcvv mentions 31.1, I think he means 13.1 (as in openSUSE 13.1).

Thanks for reporting that as a bug. That’s how things get fixed.

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You are correct (as usual). Still confused by the 13 > 42 > 15 jumping.
I still have an openSUSE 31.1 available.
And it shows a bar when I browse to /dev/sda.