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-rw-r--r--archinstall/lib/user_interaction.py8
-rw-r--r--examples/guided.py59
2 files changed, 45 insertions, 22 deletions
diff --git a/archinstall/lib/user_interaction.py b/archinstall/lib/user_interaction.py
index 6a55df9c..e20e98b1 100644
--- a/archinstall/lib/user_interaction.py
+++ b/archinstall/lib/user_interaction.py
@@ -87,6 +87,14 @@ def ask_to_configure_network():
return None
+def ask_for_disk_layout():
+ options = {
+ 'keep-existing' : 'Keep existing partition layout and select which ones to use where.',
+ 'format-all' : 'Format entire drive and setup a basic partition scheme.'
+ }
+
+ return generic_select(options.values(), "Found partitions on the selected drive, (select by number) what do you want to do: ")
+
def generic_select(options, input_text="Select one of the above by index or absolute value: ", sort=True):
"""
A generic select function that does not output anything
diff --git a/examples/guided.py b/examples/guided.py
index bccedb0a..27c005d6 100644
--- a/examples/guided.py
+++ b/examples/guided.py
@@ -101,6 +101,9 @@ else:
# 2. If so, ask if we should keep them or wipe everything
if archinstall.arguments['harddrive'].has_partitions():
archinstall.log(f" ! {archinstall.arguments['harddrive']} contains existing partitions", fg='red')
+
+ # We curate a list pf supported paritions
+ # and print those that we don't support.
partition_mountpoints = {}
for partition in archinstall.arguments['harddrive']:
try:
@@ -109,44 +112,56 @@ if archinstall.arguments['harddrive'].has_partitions():
partition_mountpoints[partition] = None
except archinstall.UnknownFilesystemFormat as err:
archinstall.log(f" {partition} (Filesystem not supported)", fg='red')
- #archinstall.log(f"Current filesystem is not supported: {err}", fg='red')
- #input(f"Do you wish to erase all data? (y/n):")
- if (option := input('Do you wish to keep one/more existing partitions or format entire drive? (k/f): ')).lower() in ('k', 'keep'):
+ # We then ask what to do with the paritions.
+ if (option := archinstall.ask_for_disk_layout()) == 'keep-existing':
archinstall.arguments['harddrive'].keep_partitions = True
- archinstall.log(f" ** You will now select where (inside the installation) to mount partitions. **")
- archinstall.log(f" ** The root would be a simple / and the boot partition /boot as it's relative paths. **")
+ archinstall.log(f" ** You will now select which partitions to use by selecting mount points (inside the installation). **")
+ archinstall.log(f" ** The root would be a simple / and the boot partition /boot (as all paths are relative inside the installation). **")
while True:
- partition = archinstall.generic_select(partition_mountpoints.keys(), "Select a partition to assign mount-point to (leave blank when done): ")
+ # Select a partition
+ partition = archinstall.generic_select(partition_mountpoints.keys(),
+ "Select a partition by number that you want to set a mount-point for (leave blank when done): ")
if not partition:
break
+ # Select a mount-point
mountpoint = input(f"Enter a mount-point for {partition}: ").strip(' ')
+ if len(mountpoint):
- while 1:
- new_filesystem = input(f"Enter a valid filesystem for {partition} (leave blank for {partition.filesystem}): ").strip(' ')
- if len(new_filesystem) <= 0:
+ # Get a valid & supported filesystem for the parition:
+ while 1:
+ new_filesystem = input(f"Enter a valid filesystem for {partition} (leave blank for {partition.filesystem}): ").strip(' ')
+ if len(new_filesystem) <= 0:
+ break
+
+ # Since the potentially new filesystem is new
+ # we have to check if we support it. We can do this by formatting /dev/null with the partitions filesystem.
+ # There's a nice wrapper for this on the partition object itself that supports a path-override during .format()
+ try:
+ partition.format(new_filesystem, path='/dev/null', log_formating=False, allow_formatting=True)
+ except archinstall.UnknownFilesystemFormat:
+ archinstall.log(f"Selected filesystem is not supported yet. If you want archinstall to support '{new_filesystem}', please create a issue-ticket suggesting it on github at https://github.com/Torxed/archinstall/issues.")
+ archinstall.log(f"Until then, please enter another supported filesystem.")
+ continue
+ except archinstall.SysCallError:
+ pass # Expected exception since mkfs.<format> can not format /dev/null.
+ # But that means our .format() function supported it.
break
- try:
- partition.format(new_filesystem, path='/dev/null', log_formating=False, allow_formatting=True)
- except archinstall.UnknownFilesystemFormat:
- archinstall.log(f"Selected filesystem is not supported yet, if you wish archinstall should support '{new_filesystem}' please create a issue-ticket suggesting it on github at https://github.com/Torxed/archinstall/issues.")
- archinstall.log(f"Until then, please enter another supported filesystem.")
- continue
- except archinstall.SysCallError:
- pass # Supported, but mkfs could not format /dev/null which is the whole point of /dev/null in path :)
- break
-
- if len(mountpoint):
+ # When we've selected all three criterias,
+ # We can safely mark the partition for formatting and where to mount it.
+ # TODO: allow_formatting might be redundant since target_mountpoint should only be
+ # set if we actually want to format it anyway.
partition.allow_formatting = True
partition.target_mountpoint = mountpoint
+ # Only overwrite the filesystem definition if we selected one:
if len(new_filesystem):
partition.filesystem = new_filesystem
archinstall.log('Using existing partition table reported above.')
- else:
+ elif option == 'format-all':
archinstall.arguments['harddrive'].keep_partitions = False
# Get disk encryption password (or skip if blank)
@@ -217,7 +232,6 @@ archinstall.log(json.dumps(archinstall.arguments, indent=4, sort_keys=True, cls=
print()
input('Press Enter to continue.')
-exit(0)
"""
Issue a final warning before we continue with something un-revertable.
@@ -249,6 +263,7 @@ for i in range(5, 0, -1):
print()
signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, original_sigint_handler)
+exit(0)
"""
Setup the blockdevice, filesystem (and optionally encryption).
Once that's done, we'll hand over to perform_installation()