Bugzilla – Bug 120278
Split the YaST2 partition module and allow hot-swapping of devices.
Last modified: 2005-10-05 09:18:22 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.
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.