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Summary
Diskdrake slight redesign to allow adding networkstorage (eg: NFS/iSCSI/AoE/drbd/...) (primarily used for installer)
Owner
- Name: AL13N
- Email: alien@rmail.be
Resources
- Diskdrake developers
- Installer developers
- AL13N can test and spend a small bit of time on this
Current status
- Targeted release: Mageia 4
- Last updated: 2025/05/05
- Percentage of completion: 0%
Detailed Description
Advanced mode needs the following:
- a sort of wizard to add network-based media (iSCSI, NFS, AoE, drbd, ...)
- these other (networkbased) media, could be shown as tabs (just like disks)
Why it would be good for Mageia to include it
- allows to use network-based storage to install to (iSCSI, NFS, AoE, drbd, etc...) (or setting mount points)
- have also future possibilities of installer, like installing on an NFS share.
Test case
Software / Packages Dependencies
- diskdrake
- installer
- Feature:DiskDrakeRescan
What could disrupt development of this new feature
- dependant feature: Feature:DiskDrakeRescan
- work needed to complete this (documentation, keeping automatic installations working)
Planning
- In advanced mode, make a wizard to add manually network-based storage
- the storage devices are then added as tabs and can be used to set mount points and be installed to
- test with iSCSI, NFS, drbd, AoE
Contingency
If it doensn't work as advertised, we can revert back to old diskdrake.