Re: [d-i] partkit vs autopartkit
Le Sat, Oct 20, 2001 at 01:06:38PM -0400, Joey Hess écrivait:
> 1. Identifying available media, and deciding which to use.
> 2. Identifying existing partitions, and deciding what to do with
> them (delete them, keep them unchanged, resize them).
> 3. Deciding how many partitions of what sizes and layouts and types
> to make.
> 4. Creating (deleting, resizing) partitions.
> 5. Deciding where to mount all the partitions.
> 6. Formatting and initializing filesystems (and swap space).
> 7. Mounting partitions in /target (and swapon swap partitions)
> 8. Writing fstab.
It is my understanding that 1-4 and 6 should be in a same meta-step at
least. This meta-step could give hints about the partition/mount point
mapping.
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Choice of # may be automatic
partitionning tool
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/--------/|\---------\ /-> Provide hints for mount points
| | | /
Manual Cfdisk Automatic # partitionning
| | |
Choice mke2fs Automatic # formatting/initializing
of fstype | |
| | |
\---------|----------/
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Mount points <---- use hints stored before
choices # mounting/swapping
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Write fstab
|
Cheers,
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