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bug#24043: No Selection by Default
From: |
Grady Martin |
Subject: |
bug#24043: No Selection by Default |
Date: |
Wed, 20 Jul 2016 16:40:55 -0400 |
User-agent: |
Mutt/1.6.2 (2016-07-01) |
Hello. Parted's info document says you want my ideas. I have one, and it is
good.
Please disable automatic selection of block devices. On my system, parted
defaults to selecting /dev/sda, which happens to be the boot drive. After
years of using parted, today I finally slipped up. I type this message from a
terminal that will not boot if it loses power. I am going to try to repair the
partition table now, so this may be my last email for a while...
Disabling automatic selection forces the user to explicitly select a device.
This is good. This reduces human error. I did not select the boot drive.
Parted did. How presumptuous and inconsiderate of parted to have done so.
Sincerely,
A human
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