On Mon, Dec 25, 2006 at 10:47:40PM +0100, Frans Pop wrote: > My dasds were initially listed by just their name. > Next, I selected one without formatting it and it showed as "configured". > I then selected the same dasd again and formatted it. AFAICT the > formatting was done correctly (empty disk when I started partman).
Hmm, it should always ask explicitely before formating disks. The
priority should be at least important.
> When I went back later (after base installation) and selected dasd
> configuration again, the dasd was shown as "online".
Known. It does not read the information "configured" again.
> I think we should change the description for the question if the dasd
> should be formatted as "The device ${device} seems to be a fresh disk" is
> clearly incorrect.
> I propose the following description:
> The installer is unable to detect if the device ${device} has already
> been formatted or not. Disks need to be formatted before you can
> create partitions.
> .
> If you are sure the disk has already been correctly formatted, you don't
> need to do so again.
Looks good.
Bastian
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