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authorMathieu Othacehe <othacehe@gnu.org>2021-12-27 19:12:54 +0100
committerMathieu Othacehe <othacehe@gnu.org>2022-01-14 14:29:08 +0100
commitc6910baf361a4e7c1fbc2354875c4250452e2251 (patch)
tree02625b0be229cf95570424de223cf567101f0bf8 /gnu/installer/newt
parent5c5d9e5a3208fa51351c6ad8267eba3d96fa2232 (diff)
downloadguix-c6910baf361a4e7c1fbc2354875c4250452e2251.tar.gz
installer: Ignore small devices.
Filter the devices that are smaller than 2GiB in the device selection list.

* gnu/installer/parted.scm (%min-device-size): New variable.
(non-install-devices): Rename it ...
(eligible-devices): ... this way. Filter the install device as well as the
small devices.
* gnu/installer/newt/partition.scm (run-partitioning-page): Adapt it.
Diffstat (limited to 'gnu/installer/newt')
-rw-r--r--gnu/installer/newt/partition.scm9
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/installer/newt/partition.scm b/gnu/installer/newt/partition.scm
index 70c11ed8ad..ccc7686906 100644
--- a/gnu/installer/newt/partition.scm
+++ b/gnu/installer/newt/partition.scm
@@ -83,7 +83,8 @@ DEVICES list."
          devices))
 
   (let* ((result (run-listbox-selection-page
-                  #:info-text (G_ "Please select a disk.")
+                  #:info-text (G_ "Please select a \
+disk.  The installation device as well as the small devices are filtered.")
                   #:title (G_ "Disk")
                   #:listbox-items (device-items)
                   #:listbox-item->text cdr
@@ -792,13 +793,13 @@ by pressing the Exit button.~%~%")))
            result-user-partitions)))))
 
   (init-parted)
-  (let* ((non-install-devices (non-install-devices))
-         (user-partitions (run-page non-install-devices))
+  (let* ((eligible-devices (eligible-devices))
+         (user-partitions (run-page eligible-devices))
          (user-partitions-with-pass (prompt-luks-passwords
                                      user-partitions))
          (form (draw-formatting-page user-partitions)))
     ;; Make sure the disks are not in use before proceeding to formatting.
-    (free-parted non-install-devices)
+    (free-parted eligible-devices)
     (format-user-partitions user-partitions-with-pass)
     (syslog "formatted ~a user partitions~%"
             (length user-partitions-with-pass))