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Re: 5.1 installer issue



Hi,

> > If a PR would be a good idea, I can file one - or three, if that'd be
> > better.
> Imho, the whole code for the partitioning (mbr and disk label) of sysinst
> should be worked on. The current "two-phase" model (first setting size, then
> setting options for the FS) is unnecessary and overall the code for the
> partitioning is very complicated.
> I'll have to dig into the partitioning code soon again anyway, and a simple
> partitioning would make my work much better, so I could try to solve these
> issues and provide patches.
> But don't expect me to finish that in the next few weeks, so rather file a
> PR for that if you want to have it done reliably.
I finally had a look at the code and have to take back that claim: The
current code is complicated, but considering the checks that need to be done
and all the questions asked for, I cannot think of an easier way of doing
this.

Regards, Julian

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