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(Wed, 09 Sep 2015 17:03:06 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).
Package: grub-installer
Version: 1.126
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch
Hi,
On a recent install, I had to switch to the console during the as the
/dev/sdX names and device IDs were not sufficient for me to be 100% sure
I was installing grub to the right device.
Showing the device sizes would have been enough for me to avoid this (as
the sizes were widely different), and would provide a reassurance in
other cases where I was merely slightly uncertain.
Patch attached. I've retained the double-space between the device path
and the start of the metadata. Example screenshot here:
http://i.imgur.com/JSXrJ48.png
Regards,
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(Wed, 09 Sep 2015 17:33:03 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).
Subject: Re: Bug#798465: grub-installer: Please show size as well as the
device id when selecting target
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2015 19:31:10 +0200
Chris Lamb, le Wed 09 Sep 2015 18:01:28 +0100, a écrit :
> Showing the device sizes would have been enough for me to avoid this (as
> the sizes were widely different), and would provide a reassurance in
> other cases where I was merely slightly uncertain.
That can be useful indeed. Perhaps rather show the size first, like in
partman, in case the name is really long?
Samuel
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Subject: Re: Bug#798465: grub-installer: Please show size as well as the device
id when selecting target
Date: Wed, 09 Sep 2015 18:42:24 +0100
Samuel Thibault wrote:
> That can be useful indeed. Perhaps rather show the size first, like in
> partman, in case the name is really long?
I also thought of this, but a combination of device identifiers often
only varying in their suffix and device sizes hardly being unique (!),
for safety I believe we should prioritise showing the id before any
possible truncation occurs.
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