On Sun, Jul 14, 2002 at 08:03:27PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > Tollef Fog Heen wrote: > > in order to get debian-installer into working shape, it is obvious > > that the user has some way to partition the hard drive. An > > auto-partitioner will probably only need debconf as it's UI. However, > > manual partitioning using debconf will be very painful. Developing a > > debconf partitioning widget might be a little overkill, so I am not > > sure how we want to solve this challenge. > > > > Does anybody have a suggestion on how to solve this problem? > > I'd suggest writing the partitioner with some real ui toolkit and making > it feed relevant values back into the debconf database.
pgi 0.9.7 has the beginnings of a gui partitioner, but I guess you are looking for text-based solutions here. But it might be very nice to imitate the gui solution with a dialog type interface, that way people stepping 'down' to the text install would at least recognize the layout. -- *------v--------- Installing Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 --------v------* | <http://www.debian.org/releases/woody/installmanual> | | debian-imac (potato): <http://debian-imac.sourceforge.net> | | Chris Tillman [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | May the Source be with you | *----------------------------------------------------------------* -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
