Partition editor seems to be missing options (manual partitioning scheme)

[Alon Swartz]

(submitted in the forums by volkswagner: http://www.turnkeylinux.org/forum/support/20081122/partition-editor-seems-be-missing-options)

I am trying to install the MediaWiki version. I wanted to do a manual partition scheme.

The partition editor seems to be missing options. When ever I select an existing parition, it won't allow me to edit the partition. I always get the same erro, "no root file system selected".

In past installs of various Ubuntu versions I recall more choices during the partition editor. Normally I can choose mount point, create partition, delete, etc.

Is Turnkey only set up to use the entire disk? No manual paritioning allowed?

The only choices during manual parition setup are:

    * Guided Partioning
    * Help

    * Undo changes to partitions
    * Finish partitioning and write changes to disk

[Alon Swartz (alonswartz)]

This issue has been solved (finally! took me ages to track down the bug), and a fix commited to the turnkeylinux code repository and package archive.
Version: di-live-0.9+1+gnae130b

The fix will be included in all new appliances, and current appliances can update using APT.

For those interested, the bug was due to IFS issues.
    - the user choice (e.g. partition) would not match up internally with the available choices so the choice key could not be returned.
    - by default it would return the RET itself, which would result in a plugin error.
    - the plugin error would result in ask_user returning a failed exitcode
    - which in turn would result in a "No root filesystem" message.

    - bottom line: whitespaces

[Alon Swartz (alonswartz)]

included in all appliances in latest release: 2009.02