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1 files changed, 10 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/installer/newt/partition.scm b/gnu/installer/newt/partition.scm
index ea524eb4c3..ccc7686906 100644
--- a/gnu/installer/newt/partition.scm
+++ b/gnu/installer/newt/partition.scm
@@ -83,7 +83,8 @@ DEVICES list."
devices))
(let* ((result (run-listbox-selection-page
- #:info-text (G_ "Please select a disk.")
+ #:info-text (G_ "Please select a \
+disk. The installation device as well as the small devices are filtered.")
#:title (G_ "Disk")
#:listbox-items (device-items)
#:listbox-item->text cdr
@@ -131,7 +132,11 @@ Be careful, all data on the disk will be lost.")
(run-listbox-selection-page
#:info-text (G_ "Please select the file-system type for this partition.")
#:title (G_ "File-system type")
- #:listbox-items '(ext4 btrfs fat16 fat32 jfs ntfs xfs swap)
+ #:listbox-items '(btrfs ext4 jfs xfs
+ swap
+ ;; These lack basic Unix features. Their only use
+ ;; on GNU is for interoperation, e.g., with UEFI.
+ fat32 fat16 ntfs)
#:listbox-item->text user-fs-type-name
#:sort-listbox-items? #f
#:button-text (G_ "Exit")
@@ -788,13 +793,13 @@ by pressing the Exit button.~%~%")))
result-user-partitions)))))
(init-parted)
- (let* ((non-install-devices (non-install-devices))
- (user-partitions (run-page non-install-devices))
+ (let* ((eligible-devices (eligible-devices))
+ (user-partitions (run-page eligible-devices))
(user-partitions-with-pass (prompt-luks-passwords
user-partitions))
(form (draw-formatting-page user-partitions)))
;; Make sure the disks are not in use before proceeding to formatting.
- (free-parted non-install-devices)
+ (free-parted eligible-devices)
(format-user-partitions user-partitions-with-pass)
(syslog "formatted ~a user partitions~%"
(length user-partitions-with-pass))