diff --git a/conf/type/__partition_msdos_apply/gencode-remote b/conf/type/__partition_msdos_apply/gencode-remote
index d352abdb..1d5c33cb 100755
--- a/conf/type/__partition_msdos_apply/gencode-remote
+++ b/conf/type/__partition_msdos_apply/gencode-remote
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ die() {
    exit 1
 }
 debug() {
-   echo "[__partition_msdos_apply] $@" >&2
+   #echo "[__partition_msdos_apply] $@" >&2
+   :
 }
 
 # Convert a size specifier 1G 100M or 50% into the corresponding numeric MB.
@@ -57,32 +58,43 @@ cat "$__type/files/lib.sh"
 partitions="$__object/explorer/partitions"
 objects=$(find "$__global/object/__partition_msdos" -path "*.cdist")
 current_device=""
+available_device_size=
+available_extended_size=
 available_size=
 primary_count=0
 for object in $objects; do
    device="$(cat "$object/parameter/device")"
    if [ "$current_device" != "$device" ]; then
-      echo "create_disklabel $device"
+      echo "create_disklabel \"$device\" || die 'Failed to create disklabel for $device'"
       current_device="$device"
       device_name=$(echo ${device} | sed -e 's:^/dev/::;s:/:\\/:g')
-      available_size=$(( $(awk "/${device_name}\$/ { print \$3; }" "$partitions") / 1024))
+      available_device_size=$(( $(awk "/${device_name}\$/ { print \$3; }" "$partitions") / 1024))
       # make sure we don't go past the end of the drive
-      available_size=$((available_size - 2))
+      available_device_size=$((available_device_size - 2))
+      available_extended_size=0
       primary_count=0
       debug "----- $device"
       debug "current_device=$current_device"
-      debug "available_size=$available_size"
+      debug "available_device_size=$available_device_size"
    fi
  
    type="$(cat "$object/parameter/type")"
    partition="$(cat "$object/parameter/partition")"
    minor="$(cat "$object/parameter/minor")"
 
-   if [ "${minor}" -lt "5" ]; then
-      primary_count=$(( $primary_count + 1 ))
-   fi
    bootable="$(cat "$object/parameter/bootable")"
    size="$(cat "$object/parameter/size")"
+
+
+   if [ "${minor}" -lt "5" ]; then
+      # Primary partitions
+      primary_count=$(( $primary_count + 1 ))
+      available_size=$available_device_size
+   else
+      # Logical partitions
+      available_size=$available_extended_size
+   fi
+
    if [ "$size" = "+" ]; then
       # use rest of device
       partition_size=""
@@ -92,6 +104,18 @@ for object in $objects; do
       available_size="$(( $available_size - $partition_size ))"
    fi
 
+   if [ "${minor}" -lt "5" ]; then
+      # Primary partitions
+      available_device_size=$available_size
+      if [ "$type" = "extended" -o "$type" = "5" ]; then
+         # Extended partition
+         available_extended_size=$partition_size
+      fi
+   else
+      # Logical paritions
+      available_extended_size=$available_size
+   fi
+
    [ "$partition_size" = "-1" ] && die "could not translate size '$size' to a usable value"
    debug "----- $partition"
    debug "primary_count=$primary_count"
@@ -104,7 +128,11 @@ for object in $objects; do
    debug "size=$size"
    debug "partition_size=$partition_size"
    debug "available_size=$available_size"
+   debug "available_device_size=$available_device_size"
+   debug "available_extended_size=$available_extended_size"
+   debug "----------"
 
-   echo "create_partition $device $minor $partition_size $type $primary_count"
+   echo "create_partition '$device' '$minor' '$partition_size' '$type' '$primary_count' \
+      || die 'Failed to create partition: $partition'"
 done