Package: partitioner Version: 0.07 Tags: d-i patch Partitioning on most alphas can only be done with fdisk, not cfdisk, because cfdisk lacks BSD disklabel support (bug #211556). The attached patch is a first try at a script for partitioner to use when we're installing on an alpha. SRM magic patterned after the srm-reader udeb, and has not yet been tested.
Cheers, -- Steve Langasek postmodern programmer
--- /dev/null 1969-12-31 18:00:00.000000000 -0600 +++ partitioner/scripts/alpha.sh 2003-09-18 21:29:27.000000000 -0500 @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ + +DISK="$1" +[ -z "$DISK" ] && exit 1 + +# Load srm_env.o if we can; this should fail on ARC-based systems. +(modprobe srm_env || true) 2> /dev/null + +# Have SRM, so need BSD disklabels -- always use fdisk. +if [ -f /proc/srm_environment/named_variables/booted_dev ]; then + fdisk $DISK + exit $? +fi + +# Otherwise, pick based on the frontend. +case "$DEBIAN_FRONTEND" in +"slang") + cfdisk $DISK + ;; +"newt") + cfdisk $DISK + ;; +*) + fdisk $DISK + ;; +esac + +exit $?
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