Bug#866043: [wish] display partition scheme before entering Rescue Mode
Control: reassign -1 rescue
Control: severity -1 wishlist
On Mon, Jun 26, 2017 at 08:42:14PM +0200, Xavier Brochard wrote:
>Package: installation-reports
...
>Comments/Problems:
>Grub install failed, because of Bios security options (linked to UEFI).
>Not a big problem, as you guys allways does a good job!
>
>But I would like to suggest this improvement:
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>Entering Rescue Mode, d-i ask for root file system, displaying a list of
>partition without further informations.
>The choice is not easy, as you can't exactly remember what you've done a few
>minutes (hours) before. A few informations, like size, label, filesystem type
>would help a lot.
>May be d-i should launch partitioner before rescue mode, in a "safe mode" like
>(not allowing changes), because its screen gives every informations one need.
Yup, it would be nice to see this extra information in the rescue
code. I've reassigned your bug report appropriately.
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