Bug 120278

Summary:	Split the YaST2 partition module and allow hot-swapping of devices.
Product:	[openSUSE] SUSE Linux 10.1	Reporter:	Michael Stather <kontakt>
Component:	YaST2	Assignee:	Thomas Fehr <fehr>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID	QA Contact:	Klaus Kämpf <kkaempf>
Severity:	Enhancement
Priority:	P5 - None
Version:	Alpha 1
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Hardware:	Other
OS:	All
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Description Michael Stather 2005-10-04 22:28:49 UTC

To make SuSE a bit more "plug&play" I suggest the following.
Divide the YaST2 "partition" modules into a "Mount points" module where the
mount points and fstab options couls be set and the actual "partition" module
only for experienced users. Currently this is IMHO too mixed up, because
partitioning hasn´t much to do with integrating the actual partitions into linux
(most users prefer to use their own partitioners anyway).
Second, the fstab generation engine used during the setup process should be run
automatically if the partitions change. So the user could add  or delete
partitions and the fstab is modified accordingly.

Comment 1 Thomas Fehr 2005-10-05 09:18:22 UTC

If you modify partitions with expert partitioner the changes should be
reflected in /etc/fstab otherwise it is a bug, if you find such a situation
please report it with fill y2log files attached.

I do not see much sense in splitting up the program into two, why not simply
use the functionality you need from expert partitioner and leave alone
the functions you prefer other tools (e.g. parted, fdisk, sfdisk) for. 

Anyway, such drastic changes have to be decided by dist team, not by me.