I think you are right, adding the filtering screen on demand is probably the best way to make common users happy. -- Martin Sivák msivak@xxxxxxxxxx Red Hat Czech Anaconda team / Brno, CZ ----- "Hans de Goede" <hdegoede@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi All, > > Currently even when basic storage gets selected we are > asking the users which disks to use twice, once in the filter ui > and once more in when selecting which disks should be considered > for clearing by the autopartition code. > > This is confusing users, leading to a number of bz tickets sofar. > One often seen problem is user has sda and sdb, wants to install > to sdb, only select sdb in filter UI, so sda gets filtered out, > this results in sda also not being seen for bootloader installation > and the install never booting (as sda is the disk the system boots > from). > > As discussed before I would like to change this for F-14 by > making the basic storage path skip the filter UI (iow make things > work like they worked in F-12 for the basic path). > > This also involves making changes to the basic / advanced storage > selection screen, to make clear that if the user wants to filter > out certain LUNs (disks) in case he is using for example a SAN, > he must choose advanced. > > Below is the current screen, and a proposed new screen: > > Current: > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > | > | > | What type of devices will your installation involve? > | > | > | > | * Basic Storage Devices > | > | > | > | Installs or upgrades to typical types of storage devices. > | > | If you're not sure which option is right for you, this is > | > | probably it. > | > | > | > | * Specialized Storage Devices > | > | > | > | Installs or upgrades to devices such as Storage Area > Networks | > | (SANs) or mainframe attached disks (DASD), usually in an > | > | enterprise environment > | > | > | > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > New: > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > | > | > | What type of devices will your installation involve? > | > | > | > | * Basic Storage Devices > | > | > | > | Installs or upgrades to typical types of storage devices. > | > | If you're not sure which option is right for you, this is > | > | probably it. > | > | > | > | * Specialized Storage Devices > | > | > | > | Installs or upgrades to devices such as Storage Area > Networks | > | (SANs). This option will allow you to add FCoE / iSCSI / > zFCP | > | disks and to filter out LUNs the installer should ignore. > | > | > | > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Note that only the text below "Specialized Storage Devices" is > changed. > > So what do you think of the new text ? Your input is much > appreciated! > > Thanks & Regards, > > Hans > > _______________________________________________ > Anaconda-devel-list mailing list > Anaconda-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/anaconda-devel-list _______________________________________________ Anaconda-devel-list mailing list Anaconda-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/anaconda-devel-list
