def partition(self, doit):
if not doit:
return
# I'll make the sequence: root, then swap then home(/DATA).
# But swap and/or home may be absent.
# root and swap are created as primary partitions, home(/DATA)
# as logical (to ensure that ny unallocated space may also be used).
# The actual partitioning is done, but the formatting is
# handled - given the appropriate information - by the
# installation stage. If a swap partition is created that will,
# however, be formatted.
startpart = 2 if self.keep1 else 1
# Remove all existing partitions from startpart
ui.progressPopup.start()
ui.progressPopup.add(_("Removing all partitions on %s,\n"
" starting from number %d") % (self.device, startpart))
if not backend.rmparts(self.device, startpart):
return
diskinfo = DiskInfo(self.device)
# Check that the free space corresponds to what is expected.
# Convert GB to cylinders for (self.disksize - self.p1size)
allfreecyls = diskinfo.get_freecyls()
bytespercyl = diskinfo.cyl2B()
deviation = abs(self.disksize - self.p1size -
(allfreecyls * bytespercyl / 10**9))
if deviation > 1:
fatal_error("BUG in autopart: free space deviation = %5.1f"
% deviation)
# Allocate number of cylinders for the largest partition last,
# just in case it gets tight ...
newparts = []
maxp = None
maxs = 0
boots = 0.2
if self.larchboot:
boots += self.live_gb * 1.5
for m, s, t in (
("/boot", boots, "primary"),
("swap", self.swapsize, "primary"),
("/", self.rootsize, "logical"),
("/home/DATA" if self.homedata else "/home", self.datasize,
"logical"),
("", self.unallocated, None)):
if s > 0.1:
# Convert GB to cylinders
entry = [t, int((s * 10**9 / bytespercyl) + 0.5), m]
newparts.append(entry)
if s > maxs:
maxs = s
maxp = entry
sum = 0
for ps in newparts:
if ps != maxp:
sum += ps[1]
maxp[1] = allfreecyls - sum
# Create the partitions
iparts = []
for t, s, m in newparts:
if not t:
continue
swap = (m=="swap")
ui.progressPopup.add(_("Creating %s partition for %s")
% (t, m))
part = backend.newpart(self.device, t.startswith("p"), s, swap)
if not part:
iparts = None
break
if swap and not backend.mkswap(part, self.swapcheck):
iparts = None
break
else:
# [mount-point, device, size, format]
iparts.append([m, part, "" if swap
else "ext2" if m == "/boot"
else "ext4"])
ui.progressPopup.add(" ---> " + part)
ui.progressPopup.end()
# Go to installation stage
if iparts:
ui.sendsignal("&install!", iparts)