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[Israel <israel@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi again!

On 02/24/2015 01:14 PM, Nio Wiklund wrote:
> ...

> Hi again, I looked at your 'partition-help' file Good to add the
> current RAM (and make it clear that it should be Mibibytes) and you
> should add a little to be safe for suspending - or I think it is for
> hibernating. Your text about MacOS is also relevant - Remember to add
> lines for the xterm window (and check that it works without
> scrolling). Must it work in netbook screens with 1000x600 pixels? Who
> should make the final file? You or I? Best regards Nio 

Ok, I incorporated your suggestions.  I still want xedit to the default
opener for the test file, as I think it works well for this purpose, and
if it doesn't exist use xterm to your specifications

Look at the text in this one and double check my reasonings to make sure
things are clear and correct.... they worked on my system.  I ran a
testfile version where I used memory numbers less than the RAM I have
and it looked fine.  I also tested with >= 512 and default to 512MB for
all values of swap

As for the final file, I will have to upload it to the obi branch... so
I think we should continue to collaborate.  You check my work and I will
implement things, or change things as needed.
If I do something you don't like here please tell me.  I want OBI to
work extremely well and be easier than ubiquity's manual partition (this
is the reason for this help file).  I want OBI to be very easy to use,
very clear and very intuitive.  I think we both want OBI to be the
best.  The only thing it is really missing is an automatic home
partition setup.  But this will have to wait.

-- 
Regards

-Israel
ToriOS Team

#!/bin/bash
if [ -f /usr/share/OBI/partition-help ]
then
  dpath="/usr/share/OBI"
elif [ -f "$HOME/partition-help" ]
then
  dpath="$HOME"
elif [ -f "$PWD/partition-help" ]
then
  dpath="$PWD"
else
  echoout "Error finding the OBI path... must abort, this is inconceivable"
  exit
fi

filename="$HOME/partition-help.txt"
LC_ALL=C;LANG=C
ram=$(free -m|grep "Mem:"|tr -s ' ' '\t'|cut -f 2)
devices=($(lsblk|sed 's/..sd*//'|grep sd| sed 's/ .*//'))
device=${devices[*]}
num_devices="${#devices[@]}"
intro="$num_devices devices"
if [ "$num_devices" == "1" ]
then
  device="/dev/${devices[0]}"
  intro="$num_devices device"
fi
drive_size=$(lsblk |grep "^${devices[0]}" | awk '{print $4}')
if [[ $ram -ge 2000 ]]
then
  ramG=$(free -g|grep "Mem:"|tr -s ' ' '\t'|cut -f 2)
  swapsize=$(( (ramG/2) ))
  swapsize="${swapsize} GB"
  if [[ $ramG -ge 4 ]]
  then
    laptop="4 GB"
    ram="${ramG} GB"
  else
    laptop=$(( (ramG*2) ))
    laptop="${laptop} GB"
    ram="${ramG} GB"
  fi
else
  if [[ $ram -le 512 ]]
  then
     swapsize="512MB"
     laptop="512 MB"
  else
    swapsize="${ram} MB
NOTE: you could get by on around 512MB"
    laptop=$(( (ram*2) ))
    laptop="${laptop} MB"
    ram="${ram} MB"
  fi
fi
text="You can install a system from a tarball into two partitions:

one root file system partition and 
one swap partition

This way it is possible to create a *dual boot* device with an existing (already
installed) operating system. It is also possible to create a separate
*data partition*, that can be used by linux as well as Windows. (Must be FAT32, FAT16, or NTFS)

OSX uses HFS and HFS+, though FAT32 will work well with both OSX and Linux.  NTFS is usable by OSX through 3rd party apps.

OBI detects $intro
${device}

Edit and create partitions

One partition should be labeled 'obi-root'
One (smaller) partition should be labeled 'obi-swap'.

These labeled partitions can be identified and selected automatically
Manual selection is also possible, if you do not want to temporarily label them this way.

For example:
The drive ${devices[0]} is $drive_size
You have $ram RAM, so the swap should be around $swapsize

NOTE, if you want to suspend you should use around $laptop for your swap
"
echo "${text}" > "${filename}"
MIME=$(xdg-mime query default text/plain)

if which xedit >/dev/null 2>&1
then
  xedit "${filename}" &
else
  xterm -fa default -fg black -bg beige -fs 13  -geometry 80x26 -title
"Help to partition" -hold -e fold -sw 80 "${filename}" &
fi
sleep 3
sudo gparted && sudo "$dpath/obi"