Schlomo Schwartz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm doing a text install on 8.2beta3 and noticed > something that, to me, is VERY important. > > When one reaches the point of setting up the > filesystems, there's no option to reload the partition > table as there is in the GUI install mode. I tend to > do a CTRL-ALT-F2 to get to a VC, use fdisk to wipe the > existing table and re-create it, and then get back > over to the GUI version in that mode, reload the table > and then assign mount points and fs types. But one > can't do that in the TUI mode (at least I couldn't > find out how). I had to reboot and give it another > go.
Isn't it there in "More"? hum, it's there, but it doesn't work nicely. fixing. > > Also, when one wants to change the FS type, there's no > drop down box or any other method by which one can > select one. The default is "Journalised FS: ext3", > which is fine, but if I simply say "reiserfs" or > "xfs", it fails when it attempts to write to disk. hum, you could try 0x183 (reiserfs) ;p ok, i've switched the field to non-editable (not useful anyway), allowing the newt version to use a list instead of a simple entry.
