[Bug 150880] Re: installer needs some logical rework

[Qusai Abu Hilal]

** Changed in: debian-installer (Ubuntu)
       Status: Triaged => Incomplete

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Title:
  installer needs some logical rework

Status in debian-installer package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  Preamble: I describe a few things, I watched, when trying to install.
  Maybe this has to be split in diffent bug reports / enhancement
  requests.

  0. Enhancement request: A little more documentation about the
  installation should be on the CD. Not everybody is allways connected
  to the internet

  1. First I tried to install with default options, but the selection of a legacy NIC was impossible. 
     Maybe this could be changed.

  So i tried to install in expert mode and was able to select my NIC. :)

  2. Boot options:
  If the hardware detection says, there is no ACPI and the user says: Please, dont't try to use PCMCIA, that freeze my machine, there should be a possibility to add this to the boot options of GRUB.

  3. The logic of harddisk detection/Partitioning/LVM and possible RAID is confusing to me. 
  a: Formating starts useless and without message, so first time after 5 minutes without optical feedback I rebooted.
  b: if you choose guided patitioning, and then multiple partitions, in some cases the root partition is too small, while 190 GB home partition are oversized. So the program claims GRUB cannot be installed (you see no diskspace, If you know you you can open console 2 and enter commands)
  If you then try to go back and do a manual partitioning, it always try to install GRUB. It is impossible to go back.
  I think, if there was an Error, it should be possible to go back to any earlier point of the istallation steps.
  c: If you try to use LVM, and say lvcreate the lv will be formated and if you later all lv will be formated. Here I am not really shure, because I try to install since 24 hours in different variations.
  d: if there is valid LVM, you get sometimes errors and cannot continue. 

  I think the partitioning complex should look in the following way:
   First select if the user wish the optional features RAID and/or LVM. 
   The let the user decide the size of the partitions, but give him some clues like: we need usual xGB in root yMB in usr ...
   and if everything looks ok, create MD, VG, LV and format them

  4: the standard error message: one part of the installation failed... is not really helpfull,
  while the output on console 4 is spammed by dhcplease...
  On my old CRT the thin white letters on some orange background are nearly unreadable.

  Regards
  Frank

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