Re: [Vectorlinux-devel] The installer

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On 05/09/07, Jose J. Rodriguez <jo...@gm...> wrote:

> I've been following that thread and even had a quick look at the
> libparted manual, but it's too damned obscure for a simple quick
> look... What I propose is that we concentrate first on installing to a
> full drive and to empty space. An old teacher of mine taught me as a
> kid that you should always answer the easier questions on a test
> first, to put them behind you... :)


Indeed, I just hate being defeated by a computer... :\

I believe a first version of the installer would be functional enough
> with a simple note that you should use a liveCD if you need to resize
> partitions. Let's get something working first, then build from there.
>
> Regards,
> Joe1962


Meanwhile, uelsk8s has brought a couple of useful commands to my attention,
probedisk and disktype (actually probepart as well, but its a script that
uses probedisk and disktype).
At least from a first look, it seems like probedisk and disktype combined
can give all the info that fdisk + parted could. So it looks like its
possible after all :)

Cheers,

Eug=E9ne