Hi, > On Nov 22, 2025, at 8:05 PM, Jim Hall via Freedos-devel > <[email protected]> wrote: > > At a high level, I think the text is okay, but could use a few small > edits. I'd also like to add an extra dialog (white text on red > background) before FDISK, which would be the first destruction action > on the disk. That will give the user an opportunity to back out before > anything bad can happen. I think that's a better solution than > blinking text. > > The right place to do this is in the FreeDOS Monthly Test Releases, so > we can see it in practice (and continue to make changes) before it > becomes FreeDOS "1.5" or "2.0" or whatever the next official version > is. > [..] > >>> Drive C: does not appear to be partitioned. >>> >>> Do you want to partition your drive? >>> >>> Yes - Partition drive C: >>> No - Return to DOS > > I think this screen should change. This should be white (gray) text on > a red background, and we should add other text to alert the user that > they are about to do something destructive. The text might look > something like this: > > :: Drive C: does not appear to be partitioned. > :: > :: Do you want to partition your drive? > :: > :: Partitioning your drive will remove other data that is on it. If you > :: continue with this step, you may delete the operating system you have > :: now (for example, Windows). If this is not what you intend, please > :: stop now. > :: > :: Yes - Partition drive C: > :: No - Return to DOS > >> 5. Yes, partition: >> >>> Partitioning hard drive ... >>
I don’t think I like changing the text or color of this screen for the following reasons. In normal mode, when you select “Partition drive C:” (or possibly D: when booted from USB) the installer does the following. You only see this screen if there are no FreeDOS compatible partitions available for installation. If the installer was capable of activating a RAM DISK, it will query FDISK to see if any partitions exist on the drive. If there are no partitions, it will automatically partition it for you. If any other partitions exist, you are sent to FDISK to manually partition the drive. So, it is safe for the installer to partition the drive automatically when it has no partitions. The danger in partitioning comes from when the user is sent to FDISK. I think a better solution would be to throw up a red warning dialog when the user is going to be sent to FDISK to manually partition the drive. :-) _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
