Rewriting setup_harddisk is on the TODO list since a long timne (over a year). There are som ideas about a new format for disk_config files and there's a beta version for a perl wrapper to libparted. But since now I had no time to work on this project, because there are other things in fai that needs work. And setup_harddisk seems to work for most of the people in its current state.
I think a new setup_harddisk tools (which support for reiserfs, xfs, lvm, raid,...) needs more than one year time for development. Please do not start a project, when you do net feel to have a lot of time for it. It's not worth to start something that can't be finished by you, and nobody else will finish it for you. Back to you Bruce. Why can't you live with hooks right now? -- Thomas
