Package: boot-floppies
Version: 2.2.16-2000-07-20
Severity: wishlist
Partitioning hard disk using pdisk
The first screen allows you to choose which disk to partition. On
our system, it offered us a menu with /dev/sda, /dev/sdb, and
/dev/sdc, but no hints as to which disk was what. Since the
kernel knows which disk corresponds to what device (in
/proc/scsi/scsi), it would be more helpful to include some of that
information in the dialog.
For example, on my machine, /proc/scsi/scsi is
Attached devices:
Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00
Vendor: SEAGATE Model: ST51080N Rev: 0958
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 01 Lun: 00
Vendor: QUANTUM Model: FIREBALL_TM1280S Rev: 300N
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 03 Lun: 00
Vendor: NEC Model: CD-ROM DRIVE:462 Rev: 1.13
Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 04 Lun: 00
Vendor: FUJITSU Model: MAB3045SC Rev: 0108
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 05 Lun: 00
Vendor: IOMEGA Model: ZIP 100 Rev: D.09
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Having the installer present a list of disks that looked something
like
/dev/sda (SCSI ID 0: SEAGATE ST51080N)
/dev/sdb (SCSI ID 1: QUANTUM FIREBALL_TM1280S)
/dev/sdc (SCSI ID 4: FUJITSU MAB3045SC)
would be more helpful for deciding what disk to partition.
System information
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Debian Release: potato
Architecture: powerpc
Kernel: Linux diziet 2.2.16-foo #2 Mon Jun 12 17:14:16 PDT 2000 ppc
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