Sridhar Dhanapalan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
[...]
> How is it done at install? From what I understand, it is DiskDrake that does the
> detection instead of the kernel (good work there). If that can be made to work
> with the rescue disc that would be cool. As a general rule, a user doesn't care
> how something works provided it works well.
i'll see what i can do. but don't expect it too soon.
the code is quite simple
foreach (@parts) {
my ($nb) = grep { !raid::is_active("md$_") } 0..7;
output("/etc/raidtab", "raiddev /dev/md$nb\n device " .
devices::make($_->{device}) . "\n");
run_program::run('raidstart', devices::make("md$nb"));
}
and should not be too hard to add to lsparts...
[...]
> Maybe you
> can have a 'novice'/'expert' option when using DiskDrake. As it stands, I think
> there are far too many options for a beginner (e.g. zillions of filesystem
> choices), and so they could benefit from something more streamlined (maybe this
> is already done in the 'novice' install option?
it is
[...]
> From what I have read, DiskDrake automatically places all of its partitions into
> one extended partition. This is generally good. But what if I want to make some
> FAT partitions for Windows, one of which I want to be primary (so I can boot)
> and the others logical (I have such a setup on my two computers)? Can DiskDrake
> do this easily?
yes, in expert you can choose Primary or Extended.
