On Tue, Jul 16, 2002 at 10:36:11AM +0100, Philip Blundell wrote: > On Tue, 2002-07-16 at 05:49, Timshel Knoll wrote: > > The bigger issue is that parted is very strict about the partition > > tables it reads, so parted will not work well with inconsistent / dodgy > > partition tables which may have been caused by other programs. The > > ability to resize filesystems in the installer would be _very_ cool, > > however, but there may need to be a fallback method to normal fdisk ... > > That seems rather unfortunate. Is there nothing that can be done to make > parted more tolerant of "dodgy" partition tables? A fallback to fdisk > would be possible, but that's something we would want to avoid if it's > at all feasible to do so, both from a standpoint of reducing the amount > of code that has to be shipped with the installer, and providing a > consistent user experience. > > p.
Wouldn't it be possible to write an API to fdisk so we could fall back to it underneath without affecting the presentation? -- *------v--------- Installing Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 --------v------* | <http://www.debian.org/releases/woody/installmanual> | | debian-imac (potato): <http://debian-imac.sourceforge.net> | | Chris Tillman [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | May the Source be with you | *----------------------------------------------------------------* -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
