On 02/25/2014 03:57 PM, Samantha N. Bueno wrote:
On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 01:06:53PM +0100, Jan Stodola wrote:
> Samantha,
> does it mean that anaconda will format all unformatted disks without
> asking? It looks so from the video and in my opinion this should not
> happen, anaconda should ask.
All disks, no; just the ones which are selected. Since one could have
many disks which are unformatted, and since it is time-consuming to run
dasdfmt especially as your number of disks grows, it was decided to not
blanket dasdfmt all of them, especially since a user might not wish to
use all of them.
I meant a bit different issue - I will describe better:
The main hub says "We won't touch your disks until you click 'Begin
Installation'". In the Installation Destination spoke you selected 4
disks and clicked "Done". What happened: anaconda started formatting
selected unformatted disks - immediately, without any warning! What I
would expect to see is a window saying something like:
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There are 2 uninitialized DASD devices selected:
/dev/disk/by-path/ccw-0.0.3627
/dev/disk/by-path/ccw-0.0.3727
To continue installation, the devices must be formatted. Formatting will
remove any data on these devices.
Format uninitialized DASD devices?
<Cancel> <Format>
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Cancel will return to the Initial Destination spoke without formatting,
OK (or Format?) button will start the formatting.