Bug#69150: boot-floppies: provide more information about available disks for partitioning

["C.M. Connelly" <c@eskimo.com>]

Package: boot-floppies
Version: 2.2.16-2000-07-20
Severity: wishlist



Partitioning hard disk using pdisk

The first screen allows you to choose which disk to partition.  On
our system, it offered us a menu with /dev/sda, /dev/sdb, and
/dev/sdc, but no hints as to which disk was what.  Since the
kernel knows which disk corresponds to what device (in
/proc/scsi/scsi), it would be more helpful to include some of that
information in the dialog.

For example, on my machine, /proc/scsi/scsi is

   Attached devices: 
   Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00
     Vendor: SEAGATE  Model: ST51080N         Rev: 0958
     Type:   Direct-Access                    ANSI SCSI revision: 02
   Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 01 Lun: 00
     Vendor: QUANTUM  Model: FIREBALL_TM1280S Rev: 300N
     Type:   Direct-Access                    ANSI SCSI revision: 02
   Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 03 Lun: 00
     Vendor: NEC      Model: CD-ROM DRIVE:462 Rev: 1.13
     Type:   CD-ROM                           ANSI SCSI revision: 02
   Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 04 Lun: 00
     Vendor: FUJITSU  Model: MAB3045SC        Rev: 0108
     Type:   Direct-Access                    ANSI SCSI revision: 02
   Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 05 Lun: 00
     Vendor: IOMEGA   Model: ZIP 100          Rev: D.09
     Type:   Direct-Access                    ANSI SCSI revision: 02


Having the installer present a list of disks that looked something
like

   /dev/sda (SCSI ID 0: SEAGATE ST51080N)
   /dev/sdb (SCSI ID 1: QUANTUM FIREBALL_TM1280S)
   /dev/sdc (SCSI ID 4: FUJITSU MAB3045SC)

would be more helpful for deciding what disk to partition.


System information
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Debian Release: potato
Architecture: powerpc
Kernel: Linux diziet 2.2.16-foo #2 Mon Jun 12 17:14:16 PDT 2000 ppc