On Wed, 23 May 2007, Moinak Ghosh wrote: > ... > For the present I believe it is best to re-use the already significant > amount of installer code that Sriram Popuri has written. Basically > extend it with Perl-GTK and utilize the Solaris parted port to provide a > better partitioning UI than the fdisk from the Triassic age that > pre-dated the Dinosaurs > (http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/mesozoic/triassic/triassic.html).
That gets my vote. I used Sriram's HDD installer code once (though it was many months ago) and really liked it. Oh, and having parted available for Solaris now is also huge, IMO. Eric