Thorsten Sauter wrote: > Long time ago, I have propsed to include a device2name mapper function > in libd-i, which handle such things. It takes a list of device names, > and format it to a good name. The benefit of this solution is, that each > program, which needs to display devices can use this function. And all > harddrive descriptions are the same. I think it's time to start > including this. I agree, although I really prefer standalone programs for this kind of thing (easier to understand, possible to call from shell script, does not bloat the floppy image). > Some words about the nameing schema. Personally I don't like the way of > partconf. Because mostly I simply doesn't now the correct device path, > but most of the time I know the manufacturer and the size of the disk. Conversely, I cannot keep up with the manufacturer names of most of my hardware, but often do know that I want to install to the IDE slave disk. I think combining all the information would be best. -- see shy jo
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