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Re: redesigning the debian installer



On debian-boot, Joey Hess wrote:

>  question. This is the main reason I don't think we can use debconf as 
>  the UI for the partitioner, which I think is the most UI-demanding part
>  of the install.

Incidentally, what facilities currently exist for non-interactive partitioning?
Is there a dedicated tool for this, or should one do

/sbin/fdisk < scripted_responses

and pray? If we can't do pretty arbitrary partitioning in a scriptable
fashion, the non-interactive mass install idea goes down the plughole.

Mk



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