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13 files changed, 159 insertions, 183 deletions

diff --git a/perl-install/ChangeLog b/perl-install/ChangeLog
index 0987eda0c..72f841de5 100644
--- a/perl-install/ChangeLog
+++ b/perl-install/ChangeLog
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
 	* moved Netconnect.pm to netconnect.pm
 	* moved DrakFuck to drakfuck
 
+2000-08-18  Pixel  <pixel@mandrakesoft.com>
+
+	* share/Cards+: for i810, force VideoRam
+
 2000-08-18  dam's  <damien@mandrakesoft.com>
 
 	* modules.pm: added isdn type in @drivers_by_category. corrected
diff --git a/perl-install/Makefile b/perl-install/Makefile
index 299a34b85..8b56ad717 100644
--- a/perl-install/Makefile
+++ b/perl-install/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ TAGS: $(PMS)
 
 clean:
 	for i in $(DIRS); do $(MAKE) -C $$i clean; done
-	rm -rf auto
+	rm -rf auto ../drakxtools.tar.bz2
 	find . -name "*~" -o -name ".#*" -o -name "TAGS" -o -name "*.old" | xargs rm -f
 
 tar-drakxtools: clean
diff --git a/perl-install/fs.pm b/perl-install/fs.pm
index c23ee948f..ece25b600 100644
--- a/perl-install/fs.pm
+++ b/perl-install/fs.pm
@@ -287,6 +287,7 @@ sub umount_part($;$) {
 sub mount_all($;$$) {
     my ($fstab, $prefix) = @_;
 
+    #- TODO fsck, create check_mount_all ?
     log::l("mounting all filesystems");
 
     #- order mount by alphabetical ordre, that way / < /home < /home/httpd...
diff --git a/perl-install/fsedit.pm b/perl-install/fsedit.pm
index 813eb37e8..a868493f4 100644
--- a/perl-install/fsedit.pm
+++ b/perl-install/fsedit.pm
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ sub hds {
 
 	eval { partition_table::read($hd, $flags->{clearall} || member($_->{device}, @{$flags->{clear} || []})) };
 	if ($@) {
-	    cdie($@) unless $flags->{eraseBadPartitions};
 	    partition_table_raw::zero_MBR($hd);
 	}
 	member($_->{device}, @{$flags->{clear} || []}) and partition_table::remove($hd, $_)
@@ -117,14 +116,6 @@ sub hasRAID {
     $b;
 }
 
-sub get_root {
-    my ($fstab, $boot) = @_;
-    if ($boot) { $_->{mntpoint} eq "/boot" and return $_ foreach @$fstab; }
-    $_->{mntpoint} eq "/" and return $_ foreach @$fstab;
-    undef;
-}
-sub get_root_ { get_root([ get_fstab(@{$_[0]}) ], $_[1]) }
-
 sub is_one_big_fat {
     my ($hds) = @_;
     @$hds == 1 or return;
@@ -225,12 +216,17 @@ sub suggestions_mntpoint {
 #-}
 
 
-sub has_mntpoint($$) {
+sub mntpoint2part {
+    my ($mntpoint, $fstab) = @_;
+    first(grep { $mntpoint eq $_->{mntpoint} } @$fstab);
+}
+sub has_mntpoint {
     my ($mntpoint, $hds) = @_;
-    scalar grep { 
-	$mntpoint eq $_->{mntpoint} || 
-	grep { $mntpoint eq $_->{mntpoint} } @{$_->{loopback} || []}
-    } get_fstab(@$hds);
+    mntpoint2part($mntpoint, [ get_fstab(@$hds) ]);
+}
+sub get_root {
+    my ($fstab, $boot) = @_;
+    $boot && mntpoint2part("/boot", $fstab) || mntpoint2part("/", $fstab);
 }
 
 #- do this before modifying $part->{mntpoint}
@@ -436,6 +432,7 @@ sub verifyHds {
 	    partition_table_raw::zero_MBR($hd);
 	    $hd->{primary} = { normal => [ grep { $hd->{device} eq $_->{rootDevice} } @parts ] };
 	}
+	$ok = 1;
     }
     $readonly && get_fstab(@$hds) == 0 and die _("You don't have any partitions!");
     $ok;
diff --git a/perl-install/install2.pm b/perl-install/install2.pm
index cfa566187..dff89ba0f 100644
--- a/perl-install/install2.pm
+++ b/perl-install/install2.pm
@@ -580,7 +580,8 @@ sub main {
     mkdir $o->{root}, 0755;
 
     #-  make sure we don't pick up any gunk from the outside world
-    $ENV{PATH} = "/usr/bin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/X11R6/bin:$o->{prefix}/sbin:$o->{prefix}/bin:$o->{prefix}/usr/sbin:$o->{prefix}/usr/bin:$o->{prefix}/usr/X11R6/bin" unless $::g_auto_install;
+    my $remote_path = "$o->{prefix}/sbin:$o->{prefix}/bin:$o->{prefix}/usr/sbin:$o->{prefix}/usr/bin:$o->{prefix}/usr/X11R6/bin";
+    $ENV{PATH} = "/usr/bin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/X11R6/bin:$remote_path" unless $::g_auto_install;
 
     $o->{interactive} ||= 'gtk';
     if ($o->{interactive} eq "gtk" && availableMemory < 22 * 1024) {
@@ -608,11 +609,22 @@ sub main {
     $o->{prefix} = $::testing ? "/tmp/test-perl-install" : "/mnt";
     mkdir $o->{prefix}, 0755;
 
+    modules::unload($_) foreach qw(vfat msdos fat);
+    modules::load_deps(($::testing ? ".." : "") . "/modules/modules.dep");
+    modules::read_stage1_conf("/tmp/conf.modules");
+    modules::read_already_loaded();
+
+    eval { modules::load("af_packet") };
+
+    map_index {
+	modules::add_alias("sound-slot-$::i", $_->{driver});
+    } modules::get_that_type('sound');
+
     #- needed very early for install_steps_gtk
     modules::load_thiskind("usb");
     eval { ($o->{mouse}, $o->{wacom}) = mouse::detect() } unless $o->{nomouseprobe} || $o->{mouse};
 
-    lang::set($o->{lang}) if $o->{lang} ne 'en'; #- mainly for defcfg
+    lang::set($o->{lang}); #- mainly for defcfg
 
     $o->{allowFB} = listlength(cat_("/proc/fb"));
 
@@ -652,19 +664,6 @@ sub main {
 	add2hash(network::findIntf($o->{intf} ||= [], $l->{DEVICE}), $l);
     }
 
-    modules::unload($_) foreach qw(vfat msdos fat);
-    modules::load_deps(($::testing ? ".." : "") . "/modules/modules.dep");
-    modules::read_stage1_conf("/tmp/conf.modules");
-    modules::read_already_loaded();
-
-    eval { modules::load("af_packet") };
-
-    map_index {
-	modules::add_alias("snd-slot-$::i", $_->{driver});
-    } modules::get_that_type('sound');
-
-    lang::set($o->{lang});
-
     #-the main cycle
     my $clicked = 0;
     MAIN: for ($o->{step} = $o->{steps}{first};; $o->{step} = getNextStep()) {
@@ -713,6 +712,8 @@ sub main {
 
     #- mainly for auto_install's
     run_program::rooted($o->{prefix}, "sh", "-c", $o->{postInstall}) if $o->{postInstall};
+    do { local $ENV{PATH} = $remote_path;
+	 run_program::run("bash", "-c", $o->{postInstallNonRooted}) } if $o->{postInstallNonRooted};
 
     #- have the really bleeding edge ddebug.log
     eval { commands::cp('-f', "/tmp/ddebug.log", "$o->{prefix}/root") };
diff --git a/perl-install/install_any.pm b/perl-install/install_any.pm
index 9655d1834..16e32b465 100644
--- a/perl-install/install_any.pm
+++ b/perl-install/install_any.pm
@@ -597,7 +597,7 @@ sub generate_ks_cfg {
 }
 
 sub suggest_mount_points {
-    my ($hds, $prefix) = @_;
+    my ($hds, $prefix, $uniq) = @_;
     my @parts = grep { isTrueFS($_) } fsedit::get_fstab(@$hds);
 
     my (%mntpoints, $user);
@@ -617,7 +617,8 @@ sub suggest_mount_points {
 	my $d = $handle->{dir};
 	my ($mnt) = grep { -e "$d/$l{$_}" } keys %l;
 	$mnt ||= (stat("$d/.bashrc"))[4] ? '/root' : '/home/user' . ++$user if -e "$d/.bashrc";
-	
+
+	next if $uniq && fsedit::mntpoint2part($mnt, \@parts);
 	$part->{mntpoint} = $mnt;
 
 	# try to find other mount points via fstab
@@ -631,13 +632,69 @@ sub suggest_mount_points {
 #- mainly for finding the root partitions for upgrade
 sub find_root_parts {
     my ($hds, $prefix) = @_;
+    log::l("find_root_parts");
     suggest_mount_points($hds, $prefix);
     grep { delete($_->{mntpoint}) eq '/' } fsedit::get_fstab(@$hds);
 }
 sub use_root_part {
     my ($fstab, $part, $prefix) = @_;
-    my $handle = any::inspect($part, $prefix) or die;
-    fs::get_mntpoints_from_fstab($fstab, $handle->{dir});
+    {
+	my $handle = any::inspect($part, $prefix) or die;
+	fs::get_mntpoints_from_fstab($fstab, $handle->{dir});
+    }
+
+    map { $_->{mntpoint} = 'swap_upgrade' } grep { isSwap($_) } @$fstab; #- use all available swap.
+    fs::mount_all($fstab, $prefix);
+}
+
+sub getHds {
+    my ($o, $f_err) = @_;
+    my $ok = 1;
+    my $flags = $o->{partitioning};
+
+    my @drives = detect_devices::hds();
+#    add2hash_($o->{partitioning}, { readonly => 1 }) if partition_table_raw::typeOfMBR($drives[0]{device}) eq 'system_commander';
+
+  getHds: 
+    $o->{hds} = catch_cdie { fsedit::hds(\@drives, $flags) }
+      sub {
+	  $ok = 0;
+	  log::l("error reading partition table: $@");
+	  my ($err) = $@ =~ /(.*) at /;
+	  $flags->{readonly} && $f_err and $f_err->($err);
+      };
+
+    if (is_empty_array_ref($o->{hds}) && $o->{autoSCSI}) {
+	$o->setupSCSI; #- ask for an unautodetected scsi card
+	goto getHds;
+    }
+
+    $ok = fsedit::verifyHds($o->{hds}, $flags->{readonly}, $ok)
+        unless $flags->{clearall} || $flags->{clear};
+
+    $o->{fstab} = [ fsedit::get_fstab(@{$o->{hds}}) ];
+    fs::check_mounted($o->{fstab});
+    fs::merge_fstabs($o->{fstab}, $o->{manualFstab});
+
+    my @win = grep { isFat($_) && isFat({ type => fsedit::typeOfPart($_->{device}) }) } @{$o->{fstab}};
+    log::l("win parts: ", join ",", map { $_->{device} } @win) if @win;
+    if (@win == 1) {
+	$win[0]{mntpoint} = "/mnt/windows";
+    } else {
+	my %w; foreach (@win) {
+	    my $v = $w{$_->{device_windobe}}++;
+	    $_->{mntpoint} = "/mnt/win_" . lc($_->{device_windobe}) . ($v ? $v+1 : ''); #- lc cuz of StartOffice(!) cf dadou
+	}
+    }
+
+    my @sunos = grep { isSunOS($_) && type2name($_->{type}) =~ /root/i } @{$o->{fstab}}; #- take only into account root partitions.
+    if (@sunos) {
+	my $v = '';
+	map { $_->{mntpoint} = "/mnt/sunos" . ($v && ++$v) } @sunos;
+    }
+    #- a good job is to mount SunOS root partition, and to use mount point described here in /etc/vfstab.
+
+    $ok;
 }
 
 1;
diff --git a/perl-install/install_interactive.pm b/perl-install/install_interactive.pm
index 796402eb9..e7c7e625a 100644
--- a/perl-install/install_interactive.pm
+++ b/perl-install/install_interactive.pm
@@ -16,117 +16,6 @@ use devices;
 use modules;
 
 
-sub getHds {
-    my ($o) = @_;
-    my ($ok, $ok2) = (1, 1);
-    my $flags = $o->{partitioning};
-
-    my @drives = detect_devices::hds();
-#    add2hash_($o->{partitioning}, { readonly => 1 }) if partition_table_raw::typeOfMBR($drives[0]{device}) eq 'system_commander';
-
-  getHds: 
-    $o->{hds} = catch_cdie { fsedit::hds(\@drives, $flags) }
-      sub {
-        log::l("error reading partition table: $@");
-	my ($err) = $@ =~ /(.*) at /;
-	$@ =~ /overlapping/ and $o->ask_warn('', $@), return 1;
-	$o->ask_okcancel(_("Error"),
-[_("I can't read your partition table, it's too corrupted for me :(
-I'll try to go on blanking bad partitions"), $err]) unless $flags->{readonly};
-	$ok = 0; 1 
-    };
-
-    if (is_empty_array_ref($o->{hds}) && $o->{autoSCSI}) {
-	$o->setupSCSI; #- ask for an unautodetected scsi card
-	goto getHds;
-    }
-
-    $ok2 = fsedit::verifyHds($o->{hds}, $flags->{readonly}, $ok)
-        unless $flags->{clearall} || $flags->{clear};
-
-    $o->{fstab} = [ fsedit::get_fstab(@{$o->{hds}}) ];
-    fs::check_mounted($o->{fstab});
-    fs::merge_fstabs($o->{fstab}, $o->{manualFstab});
-
-    $o->ask_warn('', 
-_("DiskDrake failed to read correctly the partition table.
-Continue at your own risk!")) if !$ok2 && $ok && !$flags->{readonly};
-
-    my @win = grep { isFat($_) && isFat({ type => fsedit::typeOfPart($_->{device}) }) } @{$o->{fstab}};
-    log::l("win parts: ", join ",", map { $_->{device} } @win) if @win;
-    if (@win == 1) {
-	$win[0]{mntpoint} = "/mnt/windows";
-    } else {
-	my %w; foreach (@win) {
-	    my $v = $w{$_->{device_windobe}}++;
-	    $_->{mntpoint} = "/mnt/win_" . lc($_->{device_windobe}) . ($v ? $v+1 : ''); #- lc cuz of StartOffice(!) cf dadou
-	}
-    }
-
-    my @sunos = grep { isSunOS($_) && type2name($_->{type}) =~ /root/i } @{$o->{fstab}}; #- take only into account root partitions.
-    if (@sunos) {
-	my $v = '';
-	map { $_->{mntpoint} = "/mnt/sunos" . ($v && ++$v) } @sunos;
-    }
-    #- a good job is to mount SunOS root partition, and to use mount point described here in /etc/vfstab.
-
-    $ok2;
-}
-
-
-sub searchAndMount4Upgrade {
-    my ($o) = @_;
-    my ($root, $found);
-
-    my $w = !$::expert && $o->wait_message('', _("Searching root partition."));
-
-    #- try to find the partition where the system is installed if beginner
-    #- else ask the user the right partition, and test it after.
-    getHds($o);
-
-    #- get all ext2 partition that may be root partition.
-    my %Parts = my %parts = map { $_->{device} => $_ } grep { isTrueFS($_) } @{$o->{fstab}};
-    while (keys(%parts) > 0) {
-	$root = $::beginner ? first(%parts) : $o->selectRootPartition(keys %parts);
-	$root = delete $parts{$root};
-
-	my $r; unless ($r = $root->{realMntpoint}) {
-	    $r = $o->{prefix};
-	    $root->{mntpoint} = "/"; 
-	    log::l("trying to mount partition $root->{device}");
-	    eval { fs::mount_part($root, $o->{prefix}, 'readonly') };
-	    $r = "/*ERROR*" if $@;
-	}
-	$found = -d "$r/etc/sysconfig" && [ fs::read_fstab("$r/etc/fstab") ];
-
-	unless ($root->{realMntpoint}) {
-	    log::l("umounting partition $root->{device}");
-	    eval { fs::umount_part($root, $o->{prefix}) };
-	}
-
-	last if !is_empty_array_ref($found);
-
-	delete $root->{mntpoint};
-	$o->ask_warn(_("Information"), 
-		     _("%s: This is not a root partition, please select another one.", $root->{device})) unless $::beginner;
-    }
-    is_empty_array_ref($found) and die _("No root partition found");
-	
-    log::l("found root partition : $root->{device}");
-
-    #- test if the partition has to be fsck'ed and remounted rw.
-    if ($root->{realMntpoint}) {
-	($o->{prefix}, $root->{mntpoint}) = ($root->{realMntpoint}, '/');
-    } else {
-	delete $root->{mntpoint};
-	($Parts{$_->{device}} || {})->{mntpoint} = $_->{mntpoint} foreach @$found;
-	map { $_->{mntpoint} = 'swap_upgrade' } grep { isSwap($_) } @{$o->{fstab}}; #- use all available swap.
-
-	#- TODO fsck, create check_mount_all ?
-	fs::mount_all([ grep { isTrueFS($_) || isSwap($_) } @{$o->{fstab}} ], $o->{prefix});
-    }
-}
-
 sub partitionWizard {
     my ($o, $hds, $fstab, $readonly) = @_;
     my @wizlog;
@@ -252,21 +141,20 @@ Then choose action ``Mount point'' and set it to `/'"), 1) or return;
 	    } ];
     }
 
-    if (!$readonly) { #- diskdrake only available in gtk for now
-	$solutions{fdisk} =
-	  [ -10, _("Use fdisk"), sub { 
-		$o->suspend;
-		foreach (@$hds) {
-		    print "\n" x 10, _("You can now partition %s.
+    $solutions{fdisk} =
+      [ -10, _("Use fdisk"), sub { 
+	    $o->suspend;
+	    foreach (@$hds) {
+		print "\n" x 10, _("You can now partition %s.
 When you are done, don't forget to save using `w'", partition_table_raw::description($_));
-		    print "\n\n";
-		    my $pid = fork or exec "fdisk", devices::make($_->{device});
-		    waitpid($pid, 0);
-		}
-		$o->resume;
-		0;
-	    } ];
-    }
+		print "\n\n";
+		my $pid = fork or exec "fdisk", devices::make($_->{device});
+		waitpid($pid, 0);
+	    }
+	    $o->resume;
+	    0;
+	} ];
+
     log::l("partitioning wizard log:\n", (map { ">>wizlog>>$_\n" } @wizlog));
     %solutions;
 }
@@ -297,7 +185,7 @@ sub setup_thiskind {
 	if (my @err = grep { $_->{error} } map { $_->{error} } @l) {
 	    $o->ask_warn('', join("\n", @err));
 	}
-	return if $auto && (@l || !$at_least_one);
+	return @l if $auto && (@l || !$at_least_one);
     }
     @l = map { $_->{description} } @l;
     while (1) {
@@ -310,7 +198,7 @@ sub setup_thiskind {
 	push @$opt, __("See hardware info") if $::expert;
 	my $r = "Yes";
 	$r = $o->ask_from_list_('', $msg, $opt, "No") unless $at_least_one && @l == 0;
-	if ($r eq "No") { return }
+	if ($r eq "No") { return @l }
 	if ($r eq "Yes") {
 	    push @l, $o->load_module($type) || next;
 	} else {
diff --git a/perl-install/install_steps.pm b/perl-install/install_steps.pm
index 7b2ae7416..06d24c232 100644
--- a/perl-install/install_steps.pm
+++ b/perl-install/install_steps.pm
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ sub setupSCSI {
     modules::load_ide();
     modules::load_thiskind('scsi|disk');
 }
+
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 sub doPartitionDisksBefore {
     my ($o) = @_;
@@ -135,7 +136,6 @@ sub doPartitionDisksBefore {
     eval { fs::umount_all($o->{fstab}, $o->{prefix}) } if $o->{fstab} && !$::testing;
 
     $o->{raid} ||= {};
-    install_interactive::getHds($o);
 }
 
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -161,13 +161,15 @@ sub doPartitionDisksAfter {
 sub doPartitionDisks {
     my ($o) = @_;
 
+    install_any::getHds($o);
+
     if ($o->{isUpgrade}) {
 	# either one root is defined (and all is ok), or we take the first one we find
 	my $p = fsedit::get_root($o->{fstab}) || first(install_any::find_root_parts($o->{hds}, $o->{prefix})) or die;
 	install_any::use_root_part($o->{fstab}, $p, $o->{prefix});
-    } else {
-	 #TODO;
-    }	
+    } elsif ($o->{partitioning}{auto_allocate}) {
+	fsedit::auto_allocate($o->{hds}, $o->{partitions});
+    }
 }
 
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/perl-install/install_steps_auto_install.pm b/perl-install/install_steps_auto_install.pm
index 3fc5fcd09..400e2f776 100644
--- a/perl-install/install_steps_auto_install.pm
+++ b/perl-install/install_steps_auto_install.pm
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ sub exitInstall {
     } else {
 	install_steps::exitInstall;
 	print "\a";
-	print "Auto installation complete\n";
+	print "Auto installation complete (the postInstall is done yet though)\n";
 	print "Press <Enter> to reboot\n";
 	<STDIN>;
     }
diff --git a/perl-install/install_steps_interactive.pm b/perl-install/install_steps_interactive.pm
index ef5760094..494c61d34 100644
--- a/perl-install/install_steps_interactive.pm
+++ b/perl-install/install_steps_interactive.pm
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ sub selectMouse {
 			    [ mouse::serial_ports ]);
     }
 
-    $o->setup_thiskind('SERIAL_USB', !$::expert, 0) if $o->{mouse}{device} eq "usbmouse";
+    install_interactive::setup_thiskind($o, 'usb', !$::expert, 0) if $o->{mouse}{device} eq "usbmouse";
     eval { 
 	devices::make("usbmouse");
 	modules::load("usbmouse");
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ sub ask_mntpoint_s {
     if (@fstab == 1) {
 	$fstab[0]{mntpoint} = '/';
     } else {
-	install_any::suggest_mount_points($o->{hds}, $o->{prefix});
+	install_any::suggest_mount_points($o->{hds}, $o->{prefix}, 'uniq');
 	$o->ask_from_entries_refH('', 
 				  _("Choose the mount points"),
 				  [ map { partition_table_raw::description($_) => 
@@ -202,13 +202,33 @@ sub ask_mntpoint_s {
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 sub doPartitionDisks {
     my ($o) = @_;
+
+    my $warned;
+    install_any::getHds($o, sub {
+	my ($err) = @_;
+	$warned = 1;
+	if ($o->ask_okcancel(_("Error"), 
+[_("I can't read your partition table, it's too corrupted for me :(
+I'll try to go on blanking bad partitions and ALL DATA will be lost
+(%s)"), $err])) {
+            0;
+        } else {
+            $o->{partitioning}{readonly} = 1;
+            1;
+        }
+    }) or $warned or $o->ask_warn('', 
+_("DiskDrake failed to read correctly the partition table.
+Continue at your own risk!"));
+
+
     if ($o->{isUpgrade}) {
 	# either one root is defined (and all is ok), or we take the first one we find
-	my @p = fsedit::get_root($o->{fstab});
-	@p = install_any::find_root_parts($o->{hds}, $o->{prefix}) if !@p;
-	my $p = $o->ask_from_listf(_("Root Partition"),
-				   _("What is the root partition (/) of your system?"),
-				   \&partition_table_raw::description, [ @p ]) or die "setstep exitInstall\n";
+	my $p = 
+	  fsedit::get_root($o->{fstab}) ||
+	  $o->ask_from_listf(_("Root Partition"),
+			     _("What is the root partition (/) of your system?"),
+			     \&partition_table_raw::description, 
+			     [ install_any::find_root_parts($o->{hds}, $o->{prefix}) ]) or die "setstep exitInstall\n";
 	install_any::use_root_part($o->{fstab}, $p, $o->{prefix});
     } else {
 	my %solutions = install_interactive::partitionWizard($o, $o->{hds}, $o->{fstab}, $o->{partitioning}{readonly});
@@ -450,14 +470,14 @@ sub configureNetwork($) {
 			       _("Local networking has already been configured. Do you want to:"),
 			     [ @l ]) || "Do not";
     } else {
-	$_ = $::beginner ? "Do not" :
-	  ($o->ask_yesorno([ _("Network Configuration") ],
-			   _("Do you want to configure a local network for your system?"), 0) ? "Local LAN" : "Do not");
+	$_ = (!$::beginner || install_interactive::setup_thiskind($o, 'net', 1, 0)) &&
+	  $o->ask_yesorno([ _("Network Configuration") ],
+			  _("Do you want to configure a local network for your system?"), 0) ? "Local LAN" : "Do not";
     }
     if (/^Do not/) {
 	$o->{netc}{NETWORKING} = "false";
     } elsif (!/^Keep/) {
-	$o->setup_thiskind('net', !$::expert, 1);
+	install_interactive::setup_thiskind($o, 'net', !$::expert, 1);
 	my @l = detect_devices::getNet() or die _("no network card found");
 
 	my $last; foreach ($::beginner ? $l[0] : @l) {
diff --git a/perl-install/modules.pm b/perl-install/modules.pm
index 77091048d..cdee937ee 100644
--- a/perl-install/modules.pm
+++ b/perl-install/modules.pm
@@ -399,8 +399,8 @@ sub load_multi {
     load_raw(map { [ $_ ] } @l);
 }
 
-sub unload($;$) {
-    my ($m, $remove_alias) = @_; 
+sub unload {
+    my ($m) = @_; 
     if ($::testing) {
 	log::l("rmmod $m");
     } else {
@@ -408,7 +408,6 @@ sub unload($;$) {
 	    delete $conf{$m}{loaded};
 	}
     }
-    remove_alias($m) if $remove_alias;
 }
 
 sub load_raw {
@@ -434,6 +433,7 @@ sub load_raw {
 		/^irq=(\d+)/ and eval { output "/proc/parport/0/irq", $1 };
 	    }
 	} elsif ($_->[0] =~ /usb-[uo]hci/) {
+	    add_alias('usb-interface', $_->[0]);
 	    #- ensure keyboard is working, the kernel must do the job the BIOS was doing
 	    load_multi("usbkbd", "keybdev");
 	}
diff --git a/perl-install/partition_table.pm b/perl-install/partition_table.pm
index bcfc81e14..547c1b8e1 100644
--- a/perl-install/partition_table.pm
+++ b/perl-install/partition_table.pm
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ sub read_one($$) {
 sub read($;$) {
     my ($hd, $clearall) = @_;
     if ($clearall) {
-	partition_table_raw::zero_MBR($hd);
+	partition_table_raw::zero_MBR_and_dirty($hd);
 	return 1;
     }
     my $pt = read_one($hd, 0) or return 0;
diff --git a/perl-install/partition_table_raw.pm b/perl-install/partition_table_raw.pm
index 70bb99fd4..7eee56f5a 100644
--- a/perl-install/partition_table_raw.pm
+++ b/perl-install/partition_table_raw.pm
@@ -115,14 +115,20 @@ sub kernel_read($) {
     sync(); sleep(1);
 }
 
-sub zero_MBR($) {
+sub zero_MBR {
     my ($hd) = @_;
     #- force the standard partition type for the architecture
     my $type = arch() eq "alpha" ? "bsd" : arch() =~ /^sparc/ ? "sun" : arch() eq "ppc" ? "mac" : "dos";
     bless $hd, "partition_table_$type";
-    $hd->{isDirty} = $hd->{needKernelReread} = 1;
     $hd->{primary} = $hd->clear_raw();
     delete $hd->{extended};
 }
 
+sub zero_MBR_and_dirty {
+    my ($hd) = @_;
+    zero_MBR($hd);
+    $hd->{isDirty} = $hd->{needKernelReread} = 1;
+
+}
+
 1;