Description of Problem: When using Fairfax beta1 disk druid to create a partition, specified "512M" but got "509M"... had to specify "514M" to get "517M", the desired round up value. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Click "New". 2. Mount Point "/var", Size (MB) "512", (*) Fixed Size: 3. Click "Ok". Actual Results: Partition's created size of "509M" (results vary with hard drive's cylinder size, of course). Expected Results: In the past, sizes were always rounded *up* to the nearest cylinder boundary (so that the filesystem would always be at least as big as you specified). Now it appears to round down, too.
We are now using parted to do partitioning and it does round down to the closest cylinder. We have added the option of partitioning using cylinders if you have exact size requirements.