Bug#279309: debian-installer: preseeding "Erase entire disk" cumbersome

[Christian Perrier <bubulle@debian.org>]

Quoting W. Borgert (debacle@debian.org):
> Package: debian-installer
> Severity: normal
> Tags: d-i
> 
> Preseeding the parameter
> 
> d-i partman-auto/init_automatically_partition select
> 
> to e.g.
> 
> "Erase entire disk: IDE1 master (hda) - 1.1 GB QEMU HARDDISK"
> 
> doesn't work (of course) for other disks.  It would be
> useful to have a way to let debconf or partman or what work
> without the substring " - ...".  Otherwise it's nearly
> impossible to use this option for different machines.

# Alternatively, you can specify a disk to partition. The device name can
# be given in either devfs or traditional non-devfs format.
# For example, to use the first disk devfs knows of:
d-i     partman-auto/disk       string /dev/discs/disc0/disc

This is enough for automatically use the first disk....