Wiki » Feature:DiskDrakeNetworkDevices

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: 2025/05/25
• 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.

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

1. In advanced mode, make a wizard to add manually network-based storage
2. the storage devices are then added as tabs and can be used to set mount points and be installed to
3. test with iSCSI, NFS, drbd, AoE

Contingency

If it doensn't work as advertised, we can revert back to old diskdrake.