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Summary
Diskdrake slight redesign to not abort if no disks are found, but to show a rescan button on it (in both installer/drakxtools). Rescan will check again which storage devices are present (which normally happens at start of application). Also, in installer, show readonly devices (eg: DVD) to allow to set mount point.
Owner
- Name: AL13N
- Email: alien@rmail.be
Resources
- Diskdrake developers
- Installer developers
- AL13N
- The last try, i got stuck on a rebooting virtual machine as a result of my tryouts... I need more experienced people to point out stuff and help me out a bit...
Current status
- Targeted release: Mageia 4
- Last updated: 2025/05/11
- Percentage of completion: 0%
Detailed Description
Basic mode needs the following:
- Rescan button: to allow to rescan for partitions/disks
- if there is no partition media, don't abort, but show the message instead of the disks (because people can click on rescan or on advanced)
- installer or readonly media should be shown as well (to allow setting mount points)
Why it would be good for Mageia to include it
- if your expected device (eg: usb disk) is not plugged in (in installer), you can plug it in and rescan. You don't have to restart the installer, and you have direct feedback over your device.
- also show other (readonly) media (in installer) to allow to set mount point(eg: DVD)
Test case
Software / Packages Dependencies
- diskdrake
- installer
What could disrupt development of this new feature
work needed to complete this (documentation, keeping automatic installations working)
Planning
- Remove the abort if no disks are found and show the error text in the next screen instead of disks.
- Implement the rescan button, which can rescan after you've put in USB disks, or hotplug disks etc...
- Show all storage devices found (grey out the readonly ones)
- check if you can set moint points for readonly devices
Contingency
If it doensn't work as advertised, we can revert back to old diskdrake.
