Bug#211623: partitioner: SRM-aware selection script needed for Alpha

[Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr>]

On Thu, Sep 18, 2003 at 09:40:51PM -0500, Steve Langasek wrote:
> Package: partitioner
> Version: 0.07
> Tags: d-i patch
> 
> Partitioning on most alphas can only be done with fdisk, not cfdisk,
> because cfdisk lacks BSD disklabel support (bug #211556).  The attached
> patch is a first try at a script for partitioner to use when we're
> installing on an alpha.  SRM magic patterned after the srm-reader udeb,
> and has not yet been tested.

Would parted also work ? Not as per see, since parted is not really user
friendly, but when using a (graphical) libparted frontend ?

Friendly,

Sven Luther