Re: [d-i] debconf, partitioning widget?
On Sun, Jul 14, 2002 at 08:03:27PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote:
> Tollef Fog Heen wrote:
> > in order to get debian-installer into working shape, it is obvious
> > that the user has some way to partition the hard drive. An
> > auto-partitioner will probably only need debconf as it's UI. However,
> > manual partitioning using debconf will be very painful. Developing a
> > debconf partitioning widget might be a little overkill, so I am not
> > sure how we want to solve this challenge.
> >
> > Does anybody have a suggestion on how to solve this problem?
>
> I'd suggest writing the partitioner with some real ui toolkit and making
> it feed relevant values back into the debconf database.
pgi 0.9.7 has the beginnings of a gui partitioner, but I guess you are
looking for text-based solutions here. But it might be very nice to
imitate the gui solution with a dialog type interface, that way people
stepping 'down' to the text install would at least recognize the
layout.
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