Bug#236128: installatioon report
clone 236128 -1
reassign -1 partman
retitle -1 When warning about unrecognized partition table, mention new hard drives and that it's normal there
severity -1 wishlist
thanks
* Anders Petersson <demitar@worldforge.org> [2004-03-04 12:00]:
> The installer queries with a list of modules before probing from pcmcia,
> this might be confusing for people without much previous knowledge of
> linux and the debian installer. It might be good to state that the list
> is not relevant for pc-card users.
I don't think the list of modules is asked by default now/anymore.
> First off, on a clean disk it warns that the partition table wasn't
> recognized, this is quite likely to alarm the user (it even got me to
> back off once before I figured). Again it's probably a good thing if
> there is a note saying that it's normal if it's a new disk.
This sounds like a good idea.
> Secondly some kind of autopartitioning scheme would be nice for
> inexperienced users.
They are there now... can you try the image from
http://gluck.debian.org/cdimage/testing/sarge_d-i/ and let us know
your impressions?
--
Martin Michlmayr
tbm@cyrius.com
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