On Fri, Nov 12, 2004 at 01:18:31AM +0100, Guillermo S. Romero wrote: > > Second issue, discover how to keep my data. I decided to test with one > of the partitions that could be lost, and magic, I found it. Why do I > have to choose the FS already in use from a list of items that seems > to be "format as", so then it will allow me to keep it? The list is > named "How to use this partition". There is a "do not use the > partition", so why there is no "Keep as <detected format>"? More clear > and less error prone.
I agree. > Probably if the format entry was shown in some way it would have > helped. One principle of UIs is that sometimes things are shown but > disabled, so people know they exist and will do something under some > conditions. That option could start as "N/A" or "Choose usage > first". Similar things can be said about "Mount point" and "Mount > options", they appear once you have selected something in "Use > as". A good idea. > Third, there is no undo all changes. Once I selected some partition > options, if I go to the main menu and back, they seem undoable (I got > two black faces stuck at this moment... which seems to mean keep > data). I have to always undo before going to menu or otherwise there > seems no way to start from scratch. Losing the info would be bad if I > want to keep it, but rebooting being the only way to fully restart > seems extreme. Hm, indead. I didn't realise this... > K keep instead of black face, F format > instead of white face, R reformat instead of alien, B bootable instead > of ray. These are English only. On one hand these letters can be made translatable, on the other hand I like these icons. ;-) > If it is dangerous to reuse swaps, declare it in docs and > help, and still let it be skipped. Detection of the swap space is not reliable so to reuse it we need a slow check. In order to remove this slow check we forced partman always to format the swap spaces. Anton Zinoviev -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
