P (special thanks to mantiena-baltix for bringing this issue to my

* Harddisks without disklabel are now properly initizalized and shown in the menu. When one tries to create a new partition on
  such a disk a dialog pops up with some blabla about disklabels and offers to create a disklabel. sweet :P (special thanks to mantiena-baltix
  for bringing this issue to my attention)
* fixed minor annoyance with refreshing detailed deviceinfo after a 'deep refresh'

ChangeLog

@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2004-11-28 Bart Hakvoort  <gparted@users.sf.net>
+
+	* Harddisks without disklabel are now properly initizalized and shown in the menu. When one tries to create a new partition on
+	  such a disk a dialog pops up with some blabla about disklabels and offers to create a disklabel. sweet :P (special thanks to mantiena-baltix 
+	  for bringing this issue to my attention)
+	* fixed minor annoyance with refreshing detailed deviceinfo after a 'deep refresh'
+
 2004-11-24 Bart Hakvoort  <gparted@users.sf.net>
 
 	* src/Dialog_Partition_Resize_Move.cc: fixed small bug with resizing and lower limits.

include/Dialog_Disklabel.h

@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+/* Copyright (C) 2004 Bart
+ *
+ *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ *  (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *  GNU Library General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ *  Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ */
+ 
+
+ 
+#ifndef DIALOG_DISKLABEL
+#define DIALOG_DISKLABEL
+
+#include "../include/i18n.h"
+#include "../include/Utils.h"
+
+#include <gtkmm/dialog.h>
+#include <gtkmm/button.h>
+#include <gtkmm/stock.h>
+#include <gtkmm/expander.h>
+#include <gtkmm/optionmenu.h>
+#include <gtkmm/menu.h>
+
+namespace GParted
+{
+	
+class Dialog_Disklabel : public Gtk::Dialog
+{
+public:
+	Dialog_Disklabel( const Glib::ustring & device_path ) ;
+	
+	Glib::ustring Get_Disklabel( ) ;
+	
+private:
+	Gtk::Expander expander_advanced ;
+	Gtk::HBox *hbox ;
+	Gtk::VBox *vbox ;
+	Gtk::Image image ;
+	Gtk::OptionMenu optionmenu_labeltypes ;
+	Gtk::Menu menu_labeltypes ;
+
+	Glib::ustring str_temp ;
+	std::vector <Glib::ustring> labeltypes ;
+};
+
+} //GParted
+
+
+#endif //DIALOG_DISKLABEL

include/FileSystem.h

@@ -33,13 +33,13 @@ inline bool open_device( const Glib::ustring & device_path, PedDevice *& device
 	return device ;
 }
 	
-inline bool open_device_and_disk( const Glib::ustring & device_path, PedDevice *& device, PedDisk *& disk ) 
+inline bool open_device_and_disk( const Glib::ustring & device_path, PedDevice *& device, PedDisk *& disk, bool strict = true ) 
 {
-	
 	if ( open_device( device_path, device ) )
 		disk = ped_disk_new( device );
 	
-	if ( ! disk )
+	//if ! disk and writeable it's probably a HD without disklabel. We return true here and deal with them in GParted_Core::get_devices
+	if ( ! disk && ( strict || device ->read_only ) )
 	{
 		ped_device_destroy( device ) ;
 		device = NULL ; 

include/GParted_Core.h

@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ public:
 	bool Resize( const Glib::ustring & device_path, const Partition & partition_old, const Partition & partition_new ) ; 
 	bool Copy( const Glib::ustring & dest_device_path, const Glib::ustring & src_part_path, Partition & partition_dest ) ; 
 
+	bool Set_Disklabel( const Glib::ustring & device_path, const Glib::ustring & disklabel ) ;
+
 	std::vector<FS> get_fs( ) ;
 	Glib::RefPtr<Gtk::TextBuffer> get_textbuffer( ) ;
 

include/Win_GParted.h

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #include "../include/Dialog_About.h"
 #include "../include/Dialog_Partition_Copy.h"
 #include "../include/GParted_Core.h"
+#include "../include/Dialog_Disklabel.h"
 
 #include <sigc++/class_slot.h>
 #include <gtkmm/main.h>

po/POTFILES.in

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 gparted.desktop.in
 src/Dialog_About.cc
 src/Dialog_Base_Partition.cc
+src/Dialog_Disklabel.cc
 src/Dialog_Partition_Copy.cc
 src/Dialog_Partition_Info.cc
 src/Dialog_Partition_New.cc

src/Device.cc

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ void Device::Reset( )
 	device_partitions .clear( ) ;
 	length = 0 ;
 	heads = sectors = cylinders = 0 ;
-	model = path = realpath = disktype ;
+	model = path = realpath = disktype = "" ;
 	max_prims = 0 ;
 	busy = false ; 	
 }

src/Dialog_Disklabel.cc

@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+/* Copyright (C) 2004 Bart
+ *
+ *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ *  (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *  GNU Library General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ *  Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ */
+ 
+#include "../include/Dialog_Disklabel.h"
+
+namespace GParted
+{
+
+Dialog_Disklabel::Dialog_Disklabel( const Glib::ustring & device_path )
+{
+	this ->set_title( String::ucompose( _("No recognisable disklabel detected on %1"), device_path ) );
+	this ->set_has_separator( false ) ;
+	this ->set_resizable( false );
+	
+	hbox = manage( new Gtk::HBox( ) ) ;
+	this ->get_vbox( ) ->pack_start( *hbox, Gtk::PACK_SHRINK );
+	
+	vbox = manage( new Gtk::VBox( ) ) ;
+	vbox ->set_border_width( 10 ) ;
+	hbox ->pack_start( *vbox, Gtk::PACK_SHRINK );
+	
+	image .set( Gtk::Stock::DIALOG_WARNING, Gtk::ICON_SIZE_DIALOG ) ;
+	vbox ->pack_start( image, Gtk::PACK_SHRINK );
+	
+	vbox = manage( new Gtk::VBox( ) ) ;
+	vbox ->set_border_width( 10 ) ;
+	hbox ->pack_start( *vbox, Gtk::PACK_SHRINK );
+	
+	str_temp = "<span weight=\"bold\" size=\"larger\">" ;
+	str_temp += String::ucompose( _("No recognisable disklabel detected on %1"), device_path ) ;
+	str_temp += "</span>\n" ;
+	vbox ->pack_start( * mk_label( str_temp ), Gtk::PACK_SHRINK );
+	
+	str_temp = _("A disklabel is a file at the beginning of the disk that indicates where each partition begins and how many sectors it occupies.") ;
+	str_temp += "\n" ;
+	str_temp += _("You need a disklabel if you want to create partitions on this disk.") ;
+	str_temp += "\n\n" ;
+	str_temp += _("By default GParted creates a msdos disklabel.") ;
+	str_temp += "\n" ;
+	vbox ->pack_start( * mk_label( str_temp, true, true, true ), Gtk::PACK_SHRINK );
+		
+	//advanced
+	str_temp = "<b>" ;
+	str_temp += _("Advanced") ;
+	expander_advanced .set_label( str_temp + "</b>" ) ;
+	expander_advanced .set_use_markup( true ) ;
+		
+	vbox ->pack_start( expander_advanced, Gtk::PACK_SHRINK ) ;
+	
+	hbox = manage( new Gtk::HBox( false, 5 ) ) ;
+	hbox ->set_border_width( 5 ) ;
+	str_temp = _("Select new labeltype:") ;
+	str_temp += "\t" ;
+	hbox ->pack_start( * mk_label( str_temp ), Gtk::PACK_SHRINK );
+	expander_advanced .add( *hbox ) ;
+	
+	//create and add optionmenu
+	labeltypes .push_back( "msdos" ) ;
+	labeltypes .push_back( "bsd" ) ;
+	labeltypes .push_back( "loop" ) ;
+	labeltypes .push_back( "gpt" ) ;
+	labeltypes .push_back( "mac" ) ;
+	labeltypes .push_back( "pc98" ) ;
+	labeltypes .push_back( "sun" ) ;
+		
+	for ( unsigned int t = 0 ; t < labeltypes .size( ) ; t++ )
+		menu_labeltypes .items( ) .push_back( Gtk::Menu_Helpers::MenuElem( labeltypes[ t ] + "\t" ) ) ;
+	
+	optionmenu_labeltypes .set_menu( menu_labeltypes ) ;
+	hbox ->pack_start( optionmenu_labeltypes, Gtk::PACK_SHRINK ) ;
+		
+	//standard warning	
+	str_temp = "\n <i>" ;
+	str_temp += String::ucompose( _("WARNING: Creating a new disklabel will erase all data on %1!"), device_path ) ;
+	str_temp += "\n</i>";
+	
+	this ->get_vbox( ) ->pack_start( * mk_label( str_temp ), Gtk::PACK_SHRINK );	
+		
+	this ->add_button( Gtk::Stock::CANCEL, Gtk::RESPONSE_CANCEL );
+	this ->add_button( _("Create"), Gtk::RESPONSE_OK );
+		
+	this ->show_all_children( ) ;
+}
+
+Glib::ustring Dialog_Disklabel::Get_Disklabel( ) 
+{
+	return labeltypes[ optionmenu_labeltypes .get_history( ) ] ;
+}
+
+
+
+}//GParted

src/Dialog_Partition_New.cc

@@ -179,7 +179,6 @@ void Dialog_Partition_New::optionmenu_changed( bool type )
 			optionmenu_filesystem .set_sensitive( true ) ;
 			optionmenu_filesystem .set_history( 0 ) ;
 		}
-	
 	}
 	
 	//optionmenu_filesystem

src/GParted_Core.cc

@@ -76,28 +76,44 @@ void GParted_Core::get_devices( std::vector<Device> & devices, bool deep_scan )
 	
 	for ( unsigned int t = 0 ; t < device_paths .size( ) ; t++ ) 
 	{ 
-		if ( open_device_and_disk( device_paths[ t ], device, disk ) )
+		if ( open_device_and_disk( device_paths[ t ], device, disk, false ) )
 		{
 			temp_device .Reset( ) ;
 			
+			//device info..
 			temp_device .path 	=	device_paths[ t ] ;
 			temp_device .realpath	= 	device ->path ; 
 			temp_device .model 	=	device ->model ;
-			temp_device .disktype	= 	disk ->type ->name ;
 			temp_device .heads 	=	device ->bios_geom .heads ;
 			temp_device .sectors 	=	device ->bios_geom .sectors ;
 			temp_device .cylinders	=	device ->bios_geom .cylinders ;
 			temp_device .length 	=	temp_device .heads * temp_device .sectors * temp_device .cylinders ;
+						
+			//normal  harddisk
+			if ( disk )
+			{
+				temp_device .disktype =	disk ->type ->name ;
 				temp_device .max_prims = ped_disk_get_max_primary_partition_count( disk ) ;
 				
 				set_device_partitions( temp_device, deep_scan ) ;
 				
+			}
+			//harddisk without disklabel
+			else
+			{
+				temp_device .disktype = _("unrecognised") ;
+				temp_device .max_prims = -1 ;
+				
+				Partition partition_temp ;
+				partition_temp .Set_Unallocated( 0, temp_device .length, false );
+				temp_device .device_partitions .push_back( partition_temp );
+			}
+				
 			devices .push_back( temp_device ) ;
 			
 			close_device_and_disk( device, disk ) ;
 		}
 	}
-		
 }
 
 void GParted_Core::set_device_partitions( Device & device, bool deep_scan ) 
@@ -381,6 +397,28 @@ bool GParted_Core::Copy( const Glib::ustring & dest_device_path, const Glib::ust
 	return false ;
 }
 
+bool GParted_Core::Set_Disklabel( const Glib::ustring & device_path, const Glib::ustring & disklabel ) 
+{
+	bool return_value = false ;
+	
+	if ( open_device_and_disk( device_path, device, disk, false ) )
+	{
+		PedDiskType *type = NULL ;
+		type = ped_disk_type_get( disklabel .c_str( ) ) ;
+		
+		if ( type )
+		{
+			disk = ped_disk_new_fresh ( device, type);
+		
+			return_value = Commit( disk ) ;
+		}
+		
+		close_device_and_disk( device, disk ) ;
+	}
+	
+	return return_value ;	
+}
+
 std::vector<FS> GParted_Core::get_fs( )
 {
 	return FILESYSTEMS ;

src/Makefile.am

@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ gparted_SOURCES = \
 	fat32.cc\
 	linux_swap.cc\
 	reiserfs.cc\
-	ntfs.cc
+	ntfs.cc\
+	Dialog_Disklabel.cc
 	
 gparted_LDFLAGS = -lparted -lgthread-2.0 
 

src/Win_GParted.cc

@@ -719,6 +719,9 @@ void Win_GParted::menu_gparted_refresh_devices()
 				
 	//rebuild visualdisk and treeview
 	Refresh_Visual( );
+	
+	//and refresh the device info...
+	Fill_Label_Device_Info( ) ;
 }
 
 void Win_GParted::menu_gparted_quit()
@@ -917,7 +920,25 @@ void Win_GParted::activate_paste()
 
 void Win_GParted::activate_new()
 {
-	if ( ! max_amount_prim_reached( ) )
+	//if max_prims == -1 the current device has an unrecognised disklabel (see also GParted_Core::get_devices)
+	if ( devices [ current_device ] .max_prims == -1 )
+	{	
+		Dialog_Disklabel dialog( devices [ current_device ] .path ) ;
+		dialog .set_transient_for( *this );
+		
+		if ( dialog .run( ) == Gtk::RESPONSE_OK )
+		{
+			if ( ! gparted_core .Set_Disklabel( devices [ current_device ] .path, dialog .Get_Disklabel( ) ) )
+			{
+				Gtk::MessageDialog dialog( *this, _("Error while setting new disklabel"), true, Gtk::MESSAGE_ERROR, Gtk::BUTTONS_OK, true ) ;
+				dialog .run( ) ;
+			}
+			
+			menu_gparted_refresh_devices( ) ;
+		}
+	}
+		
+	else if ( ! max_amount_prim_reached( ) )
 	{	
 		Dialog_Partition_New dialog;
 		dialog .Set_Data( selected_partition, any_extended, new_count, gparted_core .get_fs( ) ) ;