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35 files changed, 487 insertions, 651 deletions

diff --git a/perl-install/Makefile b/perl-install/Makefile
index f9a160426..6b3f998c6 100644
--- a/perl-install/Makefile
+++ b/perl-install/Makefile
@@ -78,8 +78,9 @@ install_pms: all
 	for i in $(PMS); do \
 		dest=$(DESTREP4PMS)/`dirname $$i`; \
 		install -d $$dest; \
-		perl -ne 'print unless (/^=head/ .. /^=cut/) || /^\s*#-/ || /use (diagnostics|vars|strict)/' $$i > $(DESTREP4PMS)/$$i; \
+		perl -ne 'print unless (/^=head/ .. /^=cut/) || /#-.*/' $$i > $(DESTREP4PMS)/$$i; \
 	done
+# || /use (diagnostics|vars|strict)/
 
 	rm $(DESTREP4PMS)/c/c.xs.pm
 	mv -f $(DESTREP4PMS)/c/c.pm $(DESTREP4PMS)
@@ -134,7 +135,9 @@ get_needed_files: $(SO_FILES)
 	install -d $(DEST)/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi
 	install -d $(DEST)/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc
 	cd /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi ; cp -a fonts.* helvR* $(DEST)/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi
-	cd /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc ; cp -a fonts.* cursor.pcf.gz 6x13.pcf.gz $(DEST)/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc
+	cd /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc ; cp -a fonts.* k14.pcf.gz cursor.pcf.gz 6x13.pcf.gz $(DEST)/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc
+
+	for i in ru ja; do install -d $(DEST)/usr/share/locale/$$i ; cp -f `find /usr/share/locale/$$i/* -prune -type f` $(DEST)/usr/share/locale/$$i ; done
 
 	perl -I. -Ic -Ic/blib/arch -Mkeyboard -e 'foreach (keyboard::xmodmaps()) { `cp /usr/share/xmodmap/xmodmap.$$_ $(DEST)/usr/share/xmodmap` }'
 
diff --git a/perl-install/Xconfig.pm b/perl-install/Xconfig.pm
index edbdc2c01..2e93b5679 100644
--- a/perl-install/Xconfig.pm
+++ b/perl-install/Xconfig.pm
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ sub getinfoFromXF86Config {
     my $o = shift || {};
     my (%c, $depth);
 
-    $o->{card}{server} ||= $1 if readlink("/etc/X11/X") =~ /XF86_ (\w+)$/x; # /x for perl2fcalls
+    $o->{card}{server} ||= $1 if readlink("/etc/X11/X") =~ /XF86_ (\w+)$/x; #- /x for perl2fcalls
     
     local *F;
     open F, "/etc/X11/XF86Config" or return {};
diff --git a/perl-install/Xconfigurator.pm b/perl-install/Xconfigurator.pm
index 84ff9b803..1879e45b2 100644
--- a/perl-install/Xconfigurator.pm
+++ b/perl-install/Xconfigurator.pm
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ sub readCardsDB {
     push @{$cards{S3}{lines}}, $s3_comment;
     push @{$cards{'CL-GD'}{lines}}, $cirrus_comment;
 
-    # this entry is broken in X11R6 cards db 
+    #- this entry is broken in X11R6 cards db 
     $cards{I128}{flags}{noclockprobe} = 1;
 }
 
@@ -150,8 +150,8 @@ sub cardConfiguration(;$$) {
 
     readCardsDB("$prefix/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/Cards");
 
-    add2hash($card, $cards{$card->{type}}) if $card->{type}; # try to get info from given type
-    $card->{type} = undef unless $card->{server}; # bad type as we can't find the server
+    add2hash($card, $cards{$card->{type}}) if $card->{type}; #- try to get info from given type
+    $card->{type} = undef unless $card->{server}; #- bad type as we can't find the server
 	
     add2hash($card, cardConfigurationAuto()) unless $card->{server} || $noauto;
     add2hash($card, { type => $in->ask_from_list('', _("Choose a graphic card"), [keys %cards]) }) unless $card->{type} || $card->{server};
@@ -245,8 +245,8 @@ sub testFinalConfig($;$) {
     }
     do { sleep 1; } until (c::Xtest(':0'));
 
-    # create a link from the non-prefixed /tmp/.X11-unix/X9 to the prefixed one
-    # that way, you can talk to :9 without doing a chroot
+    #- create a link from the non-prefixed /tmp/.X11-unix/X9 to the prefixed one
+    #- that way, you can talk to :9 without doing a chroot
     unlink "/tmp/.X11-unix/X9" if $prefix;
     symlink "$prefix/tmp/.X11-unix/X9", "/tmp/.X11-unix/X9" if $prefix;
 
@@ -291,10 +291,10 @@ _("To find the available resolutions i will try different ones.
 Your screen will blink... 
 You can switch if off if you want, you'll hear a beep when it's over")) or return;
 
-    # swith to virtual console 1 (hopefully not X :)
+    #- swith to virtual console 1 (hopefully not X :)
     my $vt = setVirtual(1);
 
-    # Configure the modes order.
+    #- Configure the modes order.
     my ($ok, $best);
     foreach (reverse @depths) {
 	local $card->{default_depth} = $_;
@@ -308,9 +308,9 @@ You can switch if off if you want, you'll hear a beep when it's over")) or retur
 	}
     }
 
-    # restore the virtual console
+    #- restore the virtual console
     setVirtual($vt);
-    print "\a"; # beeeep!
+    print "\a"; #- beeeep!
 }
 
 sub autoDefaultDepth($$) {
@@ -332,12 +332,12 @@ sub chooseResolutions($$) {
 
     my $W = my_gtk->new(_("Resolution"));
     my %txt2depth = reverse %depths;
-    my $chosen_w = 9999999; # will be set by the combo callback
+    my $chosen_w = 9999999; #- will be set by the combo callback
     my ($r, $depth_combo, %w2depth, %w2h, %w2widget);
 
     my $set_depth = sub { $depth_combo->entry->set_text(translate($depths{$chosen_depth})) };
 
-    # the set function is usefull to toggle the CheckButton with the callback being ignored
+    #- the set function is usefull to toggle the CheckButton with the callback being ignored
     my $ignore;
     my $set = sub { $ignore = 1; $_[0]->set_active(1); $ignore = 0; };
 
@@ -394,33 +394,33 @@ sub resolutionsConfiguration($$) {
     my $nowarning = $auto || $option eq 'nowarning';
     my $noauto = $option eq 'noauto';
 
-    # For the mono and vga16 server, no further configuration is required.
+    #- For the mono and vga16 server, no further configuration is required.
     return if member($card->{server}, "Mono", "VGA16");
 
-    # some of these guys hate to be poked               
-    # if we dont know then its at the user's discretion
-    #my $manual ||= 
-    #  $card->{server} =~ /^(TGA|Mach32)/ || 
-    #  $card->{name} =~ /^Riva 128/ ||
-    #  $card->{chipset} =~ /^(RIVA128|mgag)/ ||
-    #  $::expert;
-    #
-    #my $unknown = 
-    #  member($card->{server}, qw(S3 S3V I128 Mach64)) ||
-    #  member($card->{type}, 
-    #	      "Matrox Millennium (MGA)",
-    #	      "Matrox Millennium II",
-    #	      "Matrox Millennium II AGP",
-    #	      "Matrox Mystique",
-    #	      "Matrox Mystique",
-    #	      "S3",
-    #	      "S3V",
-    #	      "I128",
-    #	     ) ||
-    #  $card->{type} =~ /S3 ViRGE/;
-    #
-    #$unknown and $manual ||= !$in->ask_okcancel('', [ _("I can try to autodetect information about graphic card, but it may freeze :("),
-    #						       _("Do you want to try?") ]);
+    #- some of these guys hate to be poked               
+    #- if we dont know then its at the user's discretion
+    #-my $manual ||= 
+    #-	$card->{server} =~ /^(TGA|Mach32)/ || 
+    #-	$card->{name} =~ /^Riva 128/ ||
+    #-	$card->{chipset} =~ /^(RIVA128|mgag)/ ||
+    #-	$::expert;
+    #-
+    #-my $unknown = 
+    #-	member($card->{server}, qw(S3 S3V I128 Mach64)) ||
+    #-	member($card->{type}, 
+    #-	       "Matrox Millennium (MGA)",
+    #-	       "Matrox Millennium II",
+    #-	       "Matrox Millennium II AGP",
+    #-	       "Matrox Mystique",
+    #-	       "Matrox Mystique",
+    #-	       "S3",
+    #-	       "S3V",
+    #-	       "I128",
+    #-	      ) ||
+    #-	$card->{type} =~ /S3 ViRGE/;
+    #-
+    #-$unknown and $manual ||= !$in->ask_okcancel('', [ _("I can try to autodetect information about graphic card, but it may freeze :("),
+    #-							_("Do you want to try?") ]);
     
     unless ($card->{depth}) {
 	$card->{depth}{$_} = [ map { [ split "x" ] } @resolutions ] 
@@ -434,14 +434,14 @@ Do you want to try?")))) {
 	}
     }
 
-    # sort resolutions in each depth
+    #- sort resolutions in each depth
     foreach (values %{$card->{depth}}) {
 	my $i;
 	@$_ = grep { first($i != $_->[0], $i = $_->[0]) }
 	  sort { $b->[0] <=> $a->[0] } @$_;
     }
 
-    # remove unusable resolutions (based on the video memory size)
+    #- remove unusable resolutions (based on the video memory size)
     keepOnlyLegalModes($card);
 
     my $res = $o->{resolution_wanted} || $resolution_wanted;
@@ -449,18 +449,18 @@ Do you want to try?")))) {
 
     $auto or ($depth, $res) = chooseResolutions($card, $depth) or return;
 
-    # needed in auto mode when all has been provided by the user
+    #- needed in auto mode when all has been provided by the user
     $card->{depth}{$depth} or die "you fixed an unusable depth";
 
-    # remove all biggest resolution (keep the small ones for ctl-alt-+)
-    # otherwise there'll be a virtual screen :(
+    #- remove all biggest resolution (keep the small ones for ctl-alt-+)
+    #- otherwise there'll be a virtual screen :(
     $card->{depth}{$depth} = [ grep { $_->[0] <= $res } @{$card->{depth}{$depth}} ];
     $card->{default_depth} = $depth;
     1;
 }
 
 
-# * Create the XF86Config file. 
+#- Create the XF86Config file. 
 sub write_XF86Config {
     my ($o, $file) = @_;
     my $O;
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ sub write_XF86Config {
 
     print F $XF86firstchunk_text;
 
-    # Write keyboard section.     
+    #- Write keyboard section.     
     $O = $o->{keyboard};
     print F $keyboardsection_start;
 
@@ -479,12 +479,12 @@ sub write_XF86Config {
     print F qq(    XkbLayout       "$O->{xkb_keymap}"\n);
     print F $keyboardsection_end;
 
-    # Write pointer section.     
+    #- Write pointer section.     
     $O = $o->{mouse};
     print F $pointersection_text1;
     print F qq(    Protocol    "$O->{XMOUSETYPE}"\n);
     print F qq(    Device      "$O->{device}"\n);
-    # this will enable the "wheel" or "knob" functionality if the mouse supports it 
+    #- this will enable the "wheel" or "knob" functionality if the mouse supports it 
     print F "    ZAxisMapping 4 5\n" if
       member($O->{XMOUSETYPE}, qw(IntelliMouse IMPS/2 ThinkingMousePS/2 NetScrollPS/2 NetMousePS/2 MouseManPlusPS/2));
 
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ sub write_XF86Config {
     print F "    ClearRTS\n\n"  if $O->{cleardtrrts};
     print F "EndSection\n\n\n";
 
-    # Write monitor section.     
+    #- Write monitor section.     
     $O = $o->{monitor};
     print F $monitorsection_text1;
     print F qq(    Identifier "$O->{type}"\n);
@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@ sub write_XF86Config {
 	     $modelines_text);
     print F "EndSection\n\n\n";
 
-    # Write Device section.     
+    #- Write Device section.     
     $O = $o->{card};
     print F $devicesection_text;
     print F qq(Section "Device"\n);
@@ -543,7 +543,7 @@ sub write_XF86Config {
     }
     print F "EndSection\n\n\n";
 
-    # Write Screen sections.     
+    #- Write Screen sections.     
     print F $screensection_text1;
 
     my $screen = sub {
@@ -568,7 +568,7 @@ Section "Screen"
 	print F "EndSection\n";
     };
     
-    # SVGA screen section.
+    #- SVGA screen section.
     print F qq(
 # The Colour SVGA server
 );
@@ -598,7 +598,7 @@ sub XF86check_link {
 
     my $l = "$prefix/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config";
 
-    if (-e $l && (stat($f))[1] != (stat($l))[1]) { # compare the inode, must be the sames
+    if (-e $l && (stat($f))[1] != (stat($l))[1]) { #- compare the inode, must be the sames
 	-e $l and unlink($l) || die "can't remove bad $l";
 	symlink "../../../../etc/X11/XF86Config", $l;
     }
@@ -621,7 +621,7 @@ sub show_info {
     $in->ask_warn('', $info);
 }
 
-# * Program entry point. 
+#- Program entry point. 
 sub main {
     my $o;
     ($prefix, $o, $in, $install) = @_;
diff --git a/perl-install/Xconfigurator_consts.pm b/perl-install/Xconfigurator_consts.pm
index 258f7c882..1f7529164 100644
--- a/perl-install/Xconfigurator_consts.pm
+++ b/perl-install/Xconfigurator_consts.pm
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use common qw(:common);
 
 %depths = (
       8 => __("256 colors"),
-#     15 => __("32 thousand colors"),
+#-     15 => __("32 thousand colors"),
      16 => __("65 thousand colors"),
      24 => __("16 million colors"),
      32 => __("4 billion colors"),
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ $resolution_wanted = "1024x768";
   __("Monitor that can do 1600x1200 at 76 Hz")		           => [ '1600x1200@76',    "31.5-94.0"       , "50-160" ],
 );
 
-# * Screen/video card configuration. 
+#- * Screen/video card configuration. 
 %ramdacs = (
     __("No RAMDAC Setting (recommended)")               => '',
     __("AT&T 20C490 (S3 and AGX servers, ARK driver)"), => 'att20c490',
diff --git a/perl-install/common.pm b/perl-install/common.pm
index 084080959..4b88b85ed 100644
--- a/perl-install/common.pm
+++ b/perl-install/common.pm
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ sub fold_left(&@) {
 }
 
 sub _ { my $s = shift @_; sprintf translate($s), @_ }
-#delete $main::{'_'};
+#-delete $main::{'_'};
 sub __ { $_[0] }
 sub min { fold_left { $a < $b ? $a : $b } @_ }
 sub max { fold_left { $a > $b ? $a : $b } @_ }
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ sub map_index(&@) {
     @l;
 }
 
-#pseudo-array-hash :)
+#- pseudo-array-hash :)
 sub map_tab_hash(&$@) {
     my ($f, $fields, @tab_hash) = @_;
     my %hash;
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ sub add_f4before_leaving {
 
 }
 
-# ! the functions are not called in the order wanted, in case of multiple before_leaving :(
+#- ! the functions are not called in the order wanted, in case of multiple before_leaving :(
 sub before_leaving(&) {
     my ($f) = @_;
     my $b = bless {}, 'common::before_leaving';
diff --git a/perl-install/detect_devices.pm b/perl-install/detect_devices.pm
index c8c14736b..5b6f79e41 100644
--- a/perl-install/detect_devices.pm
+++ b/perl-install/detect_devices.pm
@@ -15,12 +15,12 @@ my $CSADeviceAvailable;
 1;
 
 sub get {
-    # Detect the default BIOS boot harddrive is kind of tricky. We may have IDE,
-    # SCSI and RAID devices on the same machine. From what I see so far, the default
-    # BIOS boot harddrive will be
-    # 1. The first IDE device if IDE exists. Or 
-    # 2. The first SCSI device if SCSI exists. Or
-    # 3. The first RAID device if RAID exists.
+    #- Detect the default BIOS boot harddrive is kind of tricky. We may have IDE,
+    #- SCSI and RAID devices on the same machine. From what I see so far, the default
+    #- BIOS boot harddrive will be
+    #- 1. The first IDE device if IDE exists. Or 
+    #- 2. The first SCSI device if SCSI exists. Or
+    #- 3. The first RAID device if RAID exists.
 
     map { &{$_->[0]}() ? &{$_->[1]}() : () }
     [ \&hasIDE, \&getIDE ],
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ sub getSCSI() {
 sub getIDE() {
     my @idi;
 
-    # Great. 2.2 kernel, things are much easier and less error prone. 
+    #- Great. 2.2 kernel, things are much easier and less error prone. 
     foreach my $d (glob_('/proc/ide/hd*')) {
 	my ($t) = chop_(cat_("$d/media"));
 	my $type = $ {{disk => 'hd', cdrom => 'cdrom', tape => 'tape', floppy => 'fd'}}{$t} or next;
@@ -119,8 +119,8 @@ sub getCompaqSmartArray() {
 sub getDAC960() {
     my @idi;
 
-    # We are looking for lines of this format:DAC960#0:
-    # /dev/rd/c0d0: RAID-7, Online, 17928192 blocks, Write Thru0123456790123456789012    
+    #- We are looking for lines of this format:DAC960#0:
+    #- /dev/rd/c0d0: RAID-7, Online, 17928192 blocks, Write Thru0123456790123456789012    
     foreach (syslog()) {
 	my ($devicename, $info) = m|/dev/rd/(.*?): (.*?),| or next;
 	push @idi, { info => $info, type => 'hd', devicename => $devicename }; 
diff --git a/perl-install/devices.pm b/perl-install/devices.pm
index af5dd3ab1..f29ac194b 100644
--- a/perl-install/devices.pm
+++ b/perl-install/devices.pm
@@ -17,15 +17,15 @@ sub size($) {
 
     my $valid_offset = sub { sysseek(F, $_[0], 0) && sysread(F, my $a, 1) };
 
-    # first try getting the size nicely
+    #- first try getting the size nicely
     my $size = 0;
     ioctl(F, c::BLKGETSIZE(), $size) and return unpack("i", $size) * $common::SECTORSIZE;
 
-    # sad it didn't work, well searching the size using the dichotomy algorithm!
+    #- sad it didn't work, well searching the size using the dichotomy algorithm!
     my $low = 0;
     my ($high, $mid);
 
-    # first find n where 2^n < size <= 2^n+1
+    #- first find n where 2^n < size <= 2^n+1
     for ($high = 1; $high > 0 && &$valid_offset($high); $high *= 2) { $low = $high; }
 
     while ($low < $high - 1) {
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ sub make($) {
 	$file = "$prefix/dev/$_";
 	-e $file or $file = "$prefix/tmp/$_";
     }
-    -e $file and return $file; # assume nobody takes fun at creating files named as device	
+    -e $file and return $file; #- assume nobody takes fun at creating files named as device	
 
     if (/^sd(.)(\d{0,2})/) {
 	$type = c::S_IFBLK();
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ sub make($) {
 	       }}{$_} or die "unknown device $_" };
     }
     
-    # make a directory for this inode if needed.
+    #- make a directory for this inode if needed.
     mkdir dirname($file), 0755;   
     
     syscall_('mknod', $file, $type | 0600, makedev($major, $minor)) or die "mknod failed (dev:$_): $!";
diff --git a/perl-install/fs.pm b/perl-install/fs.pm
index b891f5f10..45045e508 100644
--- a/perl-install/fs.pm
+++ b/perl-install/fs.pm
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ sub format_ext2($;$) {
     my ($dev, $bad_blocks) = @_;
     my @options;
 
-    $dev =~ m,(rd|ida)/, and push @options, qw(-b 4096 -R stride=16); # For RAID only.
+    $dev =~ m,(rd|ida)/, and push @options, qw(-b 4096 -R stride=16); #- For RAID only.
     $bad_blocks and push @options, "-c";
 
     run_program::run("mke2fs", devices::make($dev), @options) or die _("%s formatting of %s failed", "ext2", $dev);
@@ -116,24 +116,24 @@ sub mount($$$;$) {
 
 	if ($fs eq 'vfat') {
 	    $mount_opt = "check=relaxed";
-	    eval { modules::load('vfat') }; # try using vfat
-	    eval { modules::load('msdos') } if $@; # otherwise msdos...
+	    eval { modules::load('vfat') }; #- try using vfat
+	    eval { modules::load('msdos') } if $@; #- otherwise msdos...
 	}
   
 	log::l("calling mount($dev, $where, $fs, $flag, $mount_opt)");
 	syscall_('mount', $dev, $where, $fs, $flag, $mount_opt) or die _("mount failed: ") . "$!";
     }
     local *F;
-    open F, ">>/etc/mtab" or return; # fail silently, must be read-only /etc
+    open F, ">>/etc/mtab" or return; #- fail silently, must be read-only /etc
     print F "$dev $where $fs defaults 0 0\n";
 }
 
-# takes the mount point to umount (can also be the device)
+#- takes the mount point to umount (can also be the device)
 sub umount($) { 
     my ($mntpoint) = @_;
     syscall_('umount', $mntpoint) or die _("error unmounting %s: %s", $mntpoint, "$!");
 
-    my @mtab = cat_('/etc/mtab'); # don't care about error, if we can't read, we won't manage to write... (and mess mtab)
+    my @mtab = cat_('/etc/mtab'); #- don't care about error, if we can't read, we won't manage to write... (and mess mtab)
     local *F;
     open F, ">/etc/mtab" or return;
     foreach (@mtab) { print F $_ unless /(^|\s)$mntpoint\s/; }
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ sub mount_part($;$) {
 	$part->{mntpoint} or die "missing mount point";
 	mount(devices::make($part->{device}), ($prefix || '') . $part->{mntpoint}, type2fs($part->{type}), 0);
     }
-    $part->{isMounted} = $part->{isFormatted} = 1; # assume that if mount works, partition is formatted
+    $part->{isMounted} = $part->{isFormatted} = 1; #- assume that if mount works, partition is formatted
 }
 
 sub umount_part($;$) {
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ sub mount_all($;$) {
 
     log::l("mounting all filesystems");
 
-    # order mount by alphabetical ordre, that way / < /home < /home/httpd...
+    #- order mount by alphabetical ordre, that way / < /home < /home/httpd...
     foreach (sort { ($a->{mntpoint} || '') cmp ($b->{mntpoint} || '') } @$fstab) {
 	mount_part($_, $prefix) if ($_->{mntpoint} || isSwap($_));
     }
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ sub umount_all($;$) {
     }
 }
 
-# do some stuff before calling write_fstab
+#- do some stuff before calling write_fstab
 sub write($$) {
     my ($prefix, $fstab) = @_;
     my @cd_drives = detect_devices::cdroms();
@@ -194,8 +194,8 @@ sub write($$) {
     unshift @cd_drives, grep { $_->{type} eq 'iso9660' } read_fstab("/proc/mounts");
     log::l("found cdrom drive(s) " . join(', ', map { $_->{device} } @cd_drives));
 
-    # cd-rom rooted installs have the cdrom mounted on /dev/root which 
-    # is not what we want to symlink to /dev/cdrom.                    
+    #- cd-rom rooted installs have the cdrom mounted on /dev/root which 
+    #- is not what we want to symlink to /dev/cdrom.                    
     my $cddev = first(grep { $_ ne 'root' } map { $_->{device} } @cd_drives);
 
     log::l("resetting /etc/mtab");
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ sub write_fstab($;$$) {
       push @to_add, [ split ' ', 'none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0' ];
     }
 
-    # get the list of devices and mntpoint
+    #- get the list of devices and mntpoint
     my @new = grep { $_ ne 'none' } map { @$_[0,1] } @to_add;
     my %new; @new{@new} = undef;
 
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ sub write_fstab($;$$) {
     open F, "> $prefix/etc/fstab" or die "error writing $prefix/etc/fstab";
     foreach (@current) {
 	my ($a, $b) = split;
-	# if we find one line of fstab containing either the same device or mntpoint, do not write it
+	#- if we find one line of fstab containing either the same device or mntpoint, do not write it
 	exists $new{$a} || exists $new{$b} and next;
 	print F $_;
     }
diff --git a/perl-install/fsedit.pm b/perl-install/fsedit.pm
index fc555c056..055a1d3b8 100644
--- a/perl-install/fsedit.pm
+++ b/perl-install/fsedit.pm
@@ -76,9 +76,9 @@ sub suggest_part($$$;$) {
 
     $best = $second if 
       $best->{mntpoint} eq '/boot' && 
-      $part->{start} + $best->{minsize} > 1024 * partition_table::cylinder_size($hd); # if the empty slot is beyond the 1024th cylinder, no use having /boot
+      $part->{start} + $best->{minsize} > 1024 * partition_table::cylinder_size($hd); #- if the empty slot is beyond the 1024th cylinder, no use having /boot
 
-    defined $best or return; # sorry no suggestion :(
+    defined $best or return; #- sorry no suggestion :(
 
     $part->{mntpoint} = $best->{mntpoint};
     $part->{type} = $best->{type};
@@ -87,24 +87,24 @@ sub suggest_part($$$;$) {
 }
 
 
-#sub partitionDrives {
-#
-#    my $cmd = "/sbin/fdisk";
-#    -x $cmd or $cmd = "/usr/bin/fdisk";
-#
-#    my $drives = findDrivesPresent() or die "You don't have any hard drives available! You probably forgot to configure a SCSI controller.";
-#
-#    foreach (@$drives) {
-#	 my $text = "/dev/" . $_->{device};
-#	 $text .= " - SCSI ID " . $_->{id} if $_->{device} =~ /^sd/;
-#	 $text .= " - Model " . $_->{info};
-#	 $text .= " array" if $_->{device} =~ /^c.d/;
-#
-#	 # truncate at 50 columns for now 
-#	 $text = substr $text, 0, 50;
-#    }
-#    #TODO TODO
-#}
+#-sub partitionDrives {
+#-
+#-    my $cmd = "/sbin/fdisk";
+#-    -x $cmd or $cmd = "/usr/bin/fdisk";
+#-
+#-    my $drives = findDrivesPresent() or die "You don't have any hard drives available! You probably forgot to configure a SCSI controller.";
+#-
+#-    foreach (@$drives) {
+#-	 my $text = "/dev/" . $_->{device};
+#-	 $text .= " - SCSI ID " . $_->{id} if $_->{device} =~ /^sd/;
+#-	 $text .= " - Model " . $_->{info};
+#-	 $text .= " array" if $_->{device} =~ /^c.d/;
+#-
+#-	 #- truncate at 50 columns for now 
+#-	 $text = substr $text, 0, 50;
+#-    }
+#-    #-TODO TODO
+#-}
 
 
 sub has_mntpoint($$) {
@@ -112,8 +112,8 @@ sub has_mntpoint($$) {
     scalar grep { $mntpoint eq $_->{mntpoint} } get_fstab(@$hds);
 }
 
-# do this before modifying $part->{mntpoint}
-# $part->{mntpoint} should not be used here, use $mntpoint instead
+#- do this before modifying $part->{mntpoint}
+#- $part->{mntpoint} should not be used here, use $mntpoint instead
 sub check_mntpoint {
     my ($mntpoint, $hd, $part, $hds) = @_;
 
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ sub check_mntpoint {
 
     local $_ = $mntpoint;
     m|^/| or die _("Mount points must begin with a leading /");
-#    m|(.)/$| and die "The mount point $_ is illegal.\nMount points may not end with a /";
+#-    m|(.)/$| and die "The mount point $_ is illegal.\nMount points may not end with a /";
 
     has_mntpoint($mntpoint, $hds) and die _("There is already a partition with mount point %s", $mntpoint);
 
@@ -152,10 +152,10 @@ sub removeFromList($$$) {
 	if ($start == $list->[$i]) {
 	    $end > $list->[$i + 1] and die $err;
 	    if ($end == $list->[$i + 1]) {
-		# the free block is just the same size, removing it
+		#- the free block is just the same size, removing it
 		splice(@$list, 0, 2);
 	    } else {
-		# the free block now start just after this block
+		#- the free block now start just after this block
 		$list->[$i] = $end;
 	    }
 	} else {
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ sub removeFromList($$$) {
 	    if ($end < $list->[$i + 1]) {
 		splice(@$list, $i + 2, 0, $end, $list->[$i + 1]);
 	    }
-	    $list->[$i + 1] = $start; # shorten the free block
+	    $list->[$i + 1] = $start; #- shorten the free block
 	}
 	return;
     }
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ sub removeFromList($$$) {
 
 sub allocatePartitions($$) {
     my ($hds, $to_add) = @_;
-    my %free_sectors = map { $_->{device} => [1, $_->{totalsectors} ] } @$hds; # first sector is always occupied by the MBR
+    my %free_sectors = map { $_->{device} => [1, $_->{totalsectors} ] } @$hds; #- first sector is always occupied by the MBR
     my $remove = sub { removeFromList($_[0]{start}, $_[0]->{start} + $_[0]->{size}, $free_sectors{$_[0]->{rootDevice}}) };
     my $success = 0;
 
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ sub move {
     $part2->{size} += partition_table::cylinder_size($hd2) - 1;
     partition_table::remove($hd, $part);
     {
-	local ($part2->{notFormatted}, $part2->{isFormatted}); # do not allow partition::add to change this
+	local ($part2->{notFormatted}, $part2->{isFormatted}); #- do not allow partition::add to change this
 	partition_table::add($hd2, $part2);
     }    
 
diff --git a/perl-install/install2.pm b/perl-install/install2.pm
index abcae4402..f3850252b 100644
--- a/perl-install/install2.pm
+++ b/perl-install/install2.pm
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ my @installSteps = (
   configureMouse     => [ __("Configure mouse"), 1, 1, "formatPartitions" ],                 
   configureNetwork   => [ __("Configure networking"), 1, 1, "formatPartitions" ],            
   configureTimezone  => [ __("Configure timezone"), 1, 1, "doInstallStep" ],                 
-#  configureServices => [ __("Configure services"), 0, 0 ],                                  
+#-  configureServices => [ __("Configure services"), 0, 0 ],                                  
   configurePrinter   => [ __("Configure printer"), 1, 0, "doInstallStep" ],
   setRootPassword    => [ __("Set root password"), 1, 1, "formatPartitions" ],               
   addUser            => [ __("Add a user"), 1, 1, "doInstallStep" ],                         
@@ -204,18 +204,18 @@ for (my $i = 0; $i < @installSteps; $i += 2) {
     push @orderedInstallSteps, $installSteps[$i];
 }
 
-#TOSEE bug with
-#%installSteps = 
-#      map_tab_hash {
-#	   my ($i, $h)   = @_; 
-#	   $h->{help}    = $stepsHelp{$installSteps[$i]} || __("Help");
-#	   $h->{next}    = $installSteps[$i + 2];
-#	   $h->{onError} = $installSteps[$i + 2 * $h->{onError}];
-##          $h->{toBeDone} = []; SEMBLE FIXE les PBS
-##          $h->{entered} = 0;
-#	   push @orderedInstallSteps, $installSteps[$i];
-#      } \@installStepsFields, @installSteps;
-#print Dumper(\%installSteps);
+#-TOSEE bug with
+#-%installSteps = 
+#-      map_tab_hash {
+#-	   my ($i, $h)   = @_; 
+#-	   $h->{help}    = $stepsHelp{$installSteps[$i]} || __("Help");
+#-	   $h->{next}    = $installSteps[$i + 2];
+#-	   $h->{onError} = $installSteps[$i + 2 * $h->{onError}];
+#-#-          $h->{toBeDone} = []; SEMBLE FIXE les PBS
+#-#-          $h->{entered} = 0;
+#-	   push @orderedInstallSteps, $installSteps[$i];
+#-      } \@installStepsFields, @installSteps;
+#-print Dumper(\%installSteps);
 
 $installSteps{first} = $installSteps[0];
 
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ my @install_classes = (__("beginner"), __("developer"), __("server"), __("expert
 #-#####################################################################################
 #-Default value
 #-#####################################################################################
-# partition layout
+#- partition layout
 my %suggestedPartitions = (
   beginner => [
     { mntpoint => "/boot", size =>  16 << 11, type => 0x83 }, 
@@ -264,28 +264,28 @@ my %suggestedPartitions = (
 $o = $::o = { 
     bootloader => { onmbr => 1, linear => 0 },
     autoSCSI   => 0,
-    mkbootdisk => 1, # no mkbootdisk if 0 or undef,   find a floppy with 1
-#    packages   => [ qw() ],
+    mkbootdisk => 1, #- no mkbootdisk if 0 or undef,   find a floppy with 1
+#-    packages   => [ qw() ],
     partitioning => { clearall => $::testing, eraseBadPartitions => 0, auto_allocate => 0, autoformat => 0 },
-#    partitions => [
-#		      { mntpoint => "/boot", size =>  16 << 11, type => 0x83 }, 
-#		      { mntpoint => "/",     size => 256 << 11, type => 0x83 }, 
-#		      { mntpoint => "/usr",  size => 512 << 11, type => 0x83, growable => 1 }, 
-#		      { mntpoint => "/var",  size => 256 << 11, type => 0x83 }, 
-#		      { mntpoint => "/home", size => 512 << 11, type => 0x83, growable => 1 }, 
-#		      { mntpoint => "swap",  size =>  64 << 11, type => 0x82 }
-#		    { mntpoint => "/boot", size =>  16 << 11, type => 0x83 }, 
-#		    { mntpoint => "/",     size => 300 << 11, type => 0x83 }, 
-#		    { mntpoint => "swap",  size =>  64 << 11, type => 0x82 },
-#		   { mntpoint => "/usr",  size => 400 << 11, type => 0x83, growable => 1 }, 
-#	     ],
+#-    partitions => [
+#-		      { mntpoint => "/boot", size =>  16 << 11, type => 0x83 }, 
+#-		      { mntpoint => "/",     size => 256 << 11, type => 0x83 }, 
+#-		      { mntpoint => "/usr",  size => 512 << 11, type => 0x83, growable => 1 }, 
+#-		      { mntpoint => "/var",  size => 256 << 11, type => 0x83 }, 
+#-		      { mntpoint => "/home", size => 512 << 11, type => 0x83, growable => 1 }, 
+#-		      { mntpoint => "swap",  size =>  64 << 11, type => 0x82 }
+#-		    { mntpoint => "/boot", size =>  16 << 11, type => 0x83 }, 
+#-		    { mntpoint => "/",     size => 300 << 11, type => 0x83 }, 
+#-		    { mntpoint => "swap",  size =>  64 << 11, type => 0x82 },
+#-		   { mntpoint => "/usr",  size => 400 << 11, type => 0x83, growable => 1 }, 
+#-	     ],
     shells => [ map { "/bin/$_" } qw(bash tcsh zsh ash ksh) ],
     lang         => 'en',
     isUpgrade    => 0,
     installClass => "beginner",
 
     timezone => {
-#                   timezone => "Europe/Paris",
+#-                   timezone => "Europe/Paris",
                    GMT      => 1,
                 },
     printer => { 
@@ -315,27 +315,27 @@ $o = $::o = {
                  SMBPASSWD => "passowrd",
                  SMBWORKGROUP => "AS3",
                },
-#    superuser => { password => 'a', shell => '/bin/bash', realname => 'God' },
-#    user => { name => 'foo', password => 'bar', home => '/home/foo', shell => '/bin/bash', realname => 'really, it is foo' },
+#-    superuser => { password => 'a', shell => '/bin/bash', realname => 'God' },
+#-    user => { name => 'foo', password => 'bar', home => '/home/foo', shell => '/bin/bash', realname => 'really, it is foo' },
     
-#    keyboard => 'de',
-#    display => "192.168.1.9:0",
+#-    keyboard => 'de',
+#-    display => "192.168.1.9:0",
     steps        => \%installSteps,        
     orderedSteps => \@orderedInstallSteps, 
 
     base => [ qw(basesystem initscripts console-tools mkbootdisk anacron rhs-hwdiag utempter ldconfig chkconfig ntsysv mktemp setup filesystem SysVinit bdflush crontabs dev e2fsprogs etcskel fileutils findutils getty_ps grep groff gzip hdparm info initscripts isapnptools kbdconfig kernel less ldconfig lilo logrotate losetup man mkinitrd mingetty modutils mount net-tools passwd procmail procps psmisc mandrake-release rootfiles rpm sash sed setconsole setserial shadow-utils sh-utils slocate stat sysklogd tar termcap textutils time timeconfig tmpwatch util-linux vim-minimal vixie-cron which cpio) ],
-# for the list of fields available for user and superuser, see @etc_pass_fields in install_steps.pm
-#    intf => [ { DEVICE => "eth0", IPADDR => '1.2.3.4', NETMASK => '255.255.255.128' } ],
-
-#step : the current one
-#prefix
-#mouse
-#keyboard
-#netc
-#autoSCSI drives hds  fstab
-#methods
-#packages compss
-#printer haveone entry(cf printer.pm)
+#- for the list of fields available for user and superuser, see @etc_pass_fields in install_steps.pm
+#-    intf => [ { DEVICE => "eth0", IPADDR => '1.2.3.4', NETMASK => '255.255.255.128' } ],
+
+#-step : the current one
+#-prefix
+#-mouse
+#-keyboard
+#-netc
+#-autoSCSI drives hds  fstab
+#-methods
+#-packages compss
+#-printer haveone entry(cf printer.pm)
 
 };
 
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ sub selectKeyboard {
     return if $::beginner && !$clicked;
 
     $o->selectKeyboard;
-    #if we go back to the selectKeyboard, you must rewrite
+    #- if we go back to the selectKeyboard, you must rewrite
     addToBeDone {
 	keyboard::write($o->{prefix}, $o->{keyboard}) unless $o->{isUpgrade};
     } 'doInstallStep';
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ sub setupSCSI {
 }
 
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-#PADTODO
+#-PADTODO
 sub partitionDisks {
     $o->{drives} = [ detect_devices::hds() ];
     $o->{hds} = catch_cdie { fsedit::hds($o->{drives}, $o->{partitioning}) }
@@ -409,9 +409,9 @@ I'll try to go on blanking bad partitions"));
       };
 
     unless (@{$o->{hds}} > 0) {
-	$o->setupSCSI if $o->{autoSCSI}; # ask for an unautodetected scsi card
+	$o->setupSCSI if $o->{autoSCSI}; #- ask for an unautodetected scsi card
     }
-    unless (@{$o->{hds}} > 0) { # no way
+    unless (@{$o->{hds}} > 0) { #- no way
 	die _("An error has occurred - no valid devices were found on which to create new filesystems. Please check your hardware for the cause of this problem");
     }
 
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ I'll try to go on blanking bad partitions"));
 
 }
 
-#PADTODO
+#-PADTODO
 sub formatPartitions {
     $o->choosePartitionsToFormat($o->{fstab});
 
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ sub formatPartitions {
 }
 
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-#PADTODO
+#-PADTODO
 sub choosePackages {
     install_any::setPackages($o);
     $o->choosePackages($o->{packages}, $o->{compss}); 
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ sub choosePackages {
 }
 
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-#PADTODO
+#-PADTODO
 sub doInstallStep {
     $o->beforeInstallPackages;
     $o->installPackages($o->{packages});
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ sub configureNetwork {
     $o->configureNetwork($entered == 1 && !$clicked) 
 }
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-#PADTODO
+#-PADTODO
 sub configureTimezone { 
     my ($clicked) = $_[0];
     my $f = "$o->{prefix}/etc/sysconfig/clock";
@@ -486,12 +486,12 @@ sub addUser {
     $o->addUser;
 
     addToBeDone {
-	run_program::rooted($o->{prefix}, "pwconv") or log::l("pwconv failed"); # use shadow passwords
+	run_program::rooted($o->{prefix}, "pwconv") or log::l("pwconv failed"); #- use shadow passwords
     } 'doInstallStep';
 }
 
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-#PADTODO
+#-PADTODO
 sub createBootdisk {
     fs::write($o->{prefix}, $o->{fstab}) unless $o->{isUpgrade};
     modules::write_conf("$o->{prefix}/etc/conf.modules", 'append');
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ sub exitInstall { $o->exitInstall }
 sub main {
     $SIG{__DIE__} = sub { chomp $_[0]; log::l("ERROR: $_[0]") };
 
-    #  if this fails, it's okay -- it might help with free space though 
+    #-  if this fails, it's okay -- it might help with free space though 
     unlink "/sbin/install" unless $::testing;
     unlink "/sbin/insmod"  unless $::testing;
 
@@ -529,15 +529,15 @@ sub main {
     $o->{prefix} = $::testing ? "/tmp/test-perl-install" : "/mnt";
     mkdir $o->{prefix}, 0755;
 
-    #  make sure we don't pick up any gunk from the outside world 
+    #-  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";
     $ENV{LD_LIBRARY_PATH} = "";
 
-    #really needed ??
+    #-really needed ??
     spawnSync();
     eval { spawnShell() };
 
-    # needed very early for install_steps_graphical
+    #- needed very early for install_steps_graphical
     $o->{mouse} = install_any::mouse_detect() unless $::testing || $o->{mouse};
 
     $o = install_steps_graphical->new($o);
@@ -574,7 +574,7 @@ sub main {
     }
     
 
-    #the main cycle
+    #-the main cycle
     my $clicked = 0;
     MAIN: for ($o->{step} = $o->{steps}{first};; $o->{step} = getNextStep()) {
 	$o->enteringStep($o->{step});
@@ -604,10 +604,10 @@ sub main {
 
 sub killCardServices { 
     my $pid = chop_(cat_("/tmp/cardmgr.pid"));
-    $pid and kill(15, $pid); # send SIGTERM
+    $pid and kill(15, $pid); #- send SIGTERM
 }
 
 #-######################################################################################
 #- Wonderful perl :(
 #-######################################################################################
-1; # 
+1;
diff --git a/perl-install/install_any.pm b/perl-install/install_any.pm
index 5cec2da8a..0b9989377 100644
--- a/perl-install/install_any.pm
+++ b/perl-install/install_any.pm
@@ -125,87 +125,3 @@ sub addToBeDone(&$) {
 
     push @{$::o->{steps}{$step}{toBeDone}}, $f;
 }
-
-sub upgrFindInstall {
-#    int rc;
-#
-#    if (!$::o->{table}.parts) { 
-#	 rc = findAllPartitions(NULL, &$::o->{table});
-#	 if (rc) return rc;
-#    }
-#
-#    umountFilesystems(&$::o->{fstab});
-#    
-#    #  rootpath upgrade support 
-#    if (strcmp($::o->{rootPath} ,"/mnt"))
-#	 return INST_OKAY;
-#    
-#    #  this also turns on swap for us 
-#    rc = readMountTable($::o->{table}, &$::o->{fstab});
-#    if (rc) return rc;
-#
-#    if (!testing) {
-#	 mountFilesystems(&$::o->{fstab});
-#
-#	 if ($::o->{method}->prepareMedia) {
-#	     rc = $::o->{method}->prepareMedia($::o->{method}, &$::o->{fstab});
-#	     if (rc) {
-#		 umountFilesystems(&$::o->{fstab});
-#		 return rc;
-#	     }
-#	 }
-#    }
-#
-#    return 0;
-}
-
-sub upgrChoosePackages {
-#    static int firstTime = 1;
-#    char * rpmconvertbin;
-#    int rc;
-#    char * path;
-#    char * argv[] = { NULL, NULL };
-#    char buf[128];
-#
-#    if (testing)
-#	 path = "/";
-#    else
-#	 path = $::o->{rootPath};
-#
-#    if (firstTime) {
-#	 snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%s%s", $::o->{rootPath},
-#		  "/var/lib/rpm/packages.rpm");
-#	 if (access(buf, R_OK)) {
-#	 snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%s%s", $::o->{rootPath},
-#		  "/var/lib/rpm/packages");
-#	     if (access(buf, R_OK)) {
-#		 errorWindow("No RPM database exists!");
-#		 return INST_ERROR;
-#	     }
-#
-#	     if ($::o->{method}->getFile($::o->{method}, "rpmconvert", 
-#		     &rpmconvertbin)) {
-#		 return INST_ERROR;
-#	     }
-#
-#	     symlink("/mnt/var", "/var");
-#	     winStatus(35, 3, _("Upgrade"), _("Converting RPM database..."));
-#	     chmod(rpmconvertbin, 0755);
-#	     argv[0] = rpmconvertbin;
-#	     rc = runProgram(RUN_LOG, rpmconvertbin, argv);
-#	     if ($::o->{method}->rmFiles)
-#		 unlink(rpmconvertbin);
-#
-#	     newtPopWindow();
-#	     if (rc) return INST_ERROR;
-#	 }
-#	 winStatus(35, 3, "Upgrade", _("Finding packages to upgrade..."));
-#	 rc = ugFindUpgradePackages(&$::o->{packages}, path);
-#	 newtPopWindow();
-#	 if (rc) return rc;
-#	 firstTime = 0;
-#	 psVerifyDependencies(&$::o->{packages}, 1);
-#    }
-#
-#    return psSelectPackages(&$::o->{packages}, &$::o->{compss}, NULL, 0, 1);
-}
diff --git a/perl-install/install_steps.pm b/perl-install/install_steps.pm
index 6cd107081..cf3df79dc 100644
--- a/perl-install/install_steps.pm
+++ b/perl-install/install_steps.pm
@@ -52,17 +52,14 @@ sub enteringStep($$) {
 	    my @l = ref $needs ? @$needs : $needs;
 	    $reachable = min(map { $o->{steps}{$_}{done} || 0 } @l);
 	}
-	$o->{steps}{$s}{reachable} = 1, $o->step_set_reachable($s) if $reachable; 
+	$o->{steps}{$s}{reachable} = 1 if $reachable; 
     }
 }
 sub leavingStep($$) {
     my ($o, $step) = @_;
     log::l("step `$step' finished");
 
-    unless ($o->{steps}{$step}{redoable}) {
-	$o->{steps}{$step}{reachable} = 0;
-	$o->step_set_unreachable($step);
-    }
+    $o->{steps}{$step}{reachable} = $o->{steps}{$step}{redoable};
 
     while (my $f = shift @{$o->{steps}{$step}{toBeDone} || []}) {
 	eval { &$f() };
@@ -149,7 +146,7 @@ sub installPackages($$) {
 sub afterInstallPackages($) {
     my ($o) = @_;
 
-    #  why not? cuz weather is nice today :-) [pixel]
+    #-  why not? cuz weather is nice today :-) [pixel]
     sync(); sync();
 
 #    configPCMCIA($o->{rootPath}, $o->{pcmcia});
@@ -175,7 +172,7 @@ sub configureNetwork($) {
     network::add2hosts("$etc/hosts", $o->{netc}{HOSTNAME}, map { $_->{IPADDR} } @{$o->{intf}});
     network::sethostname($o->{netc}) unless $::testing;
     network::addDefaultRoute($o->{netc}) unless $::testing;
-    #res_init();		# reinit the resolver so DNS changes take affect     
+    #-res_init();		# reinit the resolver so DNS changes take affect     
 }
 
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -265,7 +262,7 @@ sub createBootdisk($) {
     my @l = detect_devices::floppies();
 
     $dev = shift @l || die _("no floppy available") 
-      if $dev eq "1"; # special case meaning autochoose
+      if $dev eq "1"; #- special case meaning autochoose
 
     return if $::testing;
 
@@ -291,4 +288,4 @@ sub exitInstall {}
 #-######################################################################################
 #- Wonderful perl :(
 #-######################################################################################
-1; # 
+1;
diff --git a/perl-install/install_steps_interactive.pm b/perl-install/install_steps_interactive.pm
index b2b42036c..70090a875 100644
--- a/perl-install/install_steps_interactive.pm
+++ b/perl-install/install_steps_interactive.pm
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ name and directory should be used for this queue?"),
 	}
 	eval { modules::unload("lp") };
 	
-#	@port =("lp0", "lp1", "lp2");
+#-	@port =("lp0", "lp1", "lp2");
 	$o->{printer}{DEVICE}    = $port[0] if $port[0];
 
 
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ name and directory should be used for this queue?"),
 					    [_("Printer Device:")],
 					    [{val => \$o->{printer}{DEVICE}, list => \@port }],
 					   );
-	#TAKE A GOODDEFAULT TODO
+	#-TAKE A GOODDEFAULT TODO
 
     } elsif ($o->{printer}{TYPE} eq "REMOTE") {
 	return if !$o->ask_from_entries_ref(_("Remote lpd Printer Options"), 
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ wish to access and any applicable user name and password."),
     my %db_entry = %{$printer::thedb{$o->{printer}{DBENTRY}}};
 
 
-    #paper size conf
+    #-paper size conf
     $o->{printer}{PAPERSIZE} = 
       $o->ask_from_list_(_("Paper Size"),
 			 _("Paper Size"),
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ wish to access and any applicable user name and password."),
 			 $o->{printer}{PAPERSIZE}
 			);
 
-    #resolution size conf
+    #-resolution size conf
     my @list_res = @{$db_entry{RESOLUTION}};
     my @res = map { "${$_}{XDPI}x${$_}{YDPI}" } @list_res;
     if (@list_res) {
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ wish to access and any applicable user name and password."),
 					 $o->{printer}{CRLF});
 
 
-    #color_depth
+    #-color_depth
     if ($db_entry{BITSPERPIXEL}) {
 	my @list_col      = @{$db_entry{BITSPERPIXEL}};
 	my @col           = map { "$_->{DEPTH} $_->{DESCR}" } @list_col;
@@ -606,4 +606,4 @@ sub setup_thiskind {
 #-######################################################################################
 #- Wonderful perl :(
 #-######################################################################################
-1; # 
+1;
diff --git a/perl-install/interactive.pm b/perl-install/interactive.pm
index 69fb31f97..9e3d8b6a3 100644
--- a/perl-install/interactive.pm
+++ b/perl-install/interactive.pm
@@ -8,24 +8,24 @@ use strict;
 #-######################################################################################
 use common qw(:common :functional);
 
-# heritate from this class and you'll get all made interactivity for same steps.
-# for this you need to provide 
-# - ask_from_listW(o, title, messages, arrayref, default) returns one string of arrayref
-# - ask_many_from_listW(o, title, messages, arrayref, arrayref2) returns many strings of arrayref
-#
-# where
-# - o is the object
-# - title is a string
-# - messages is an refarray of strings
-# - default is an optional string (default is in arrayref)
-# - arrayref is an arrayref of strings
-# - arrayref2 contains booleans telling the default state, 
-#
-# ask_from_list and ask_from_list_ are wrappers around ask_from_biglist and ask_from_smalllist
-#
-# ask_from_list_ just translate arrayref before calling ask_from_list and untranslate the result
-#
-# ask_from_listW should handle differently small lists and big ones.
+#- heritate from this class and you'll get all made interactivity for same steps.
+#- for this you need to provide 
+#- - ask_from_listW(o, title, messages, arrayref, default) returns one string of arrayref
+#- - ask_many_from_listW(o, title, messages, arrayref, arrayref2) returns many strings of arrayref
+#-
+#- where
+#- - o is the object
+#- - title is a string
+#- - messages is an refarray of strings
+#- - default is an optional string (default is in arrayref)
+#- - arrayref is an arrayref of strings
+#- - arrayref2 contains booleans telling the default state, 
+#-
+#- ask_from_list and ask_from_list_ are wrappers around ask_from_biglist and ask_from_smalllist
+#-
+#- ask_from_list_ just translate arrayref before calling ask_from_list and untranslate the result
+#-
+#- ask_from_listW should handle differently small lists and big ones.
 
 
 
@@ -119,9 +119,9 @@ sub ask_from_entries($$$$;$%) {
       map { $$_ } @$val : 
       undef;
 }
-# can get a hash of callback: focus_out changed and complete
-# moreove if you pass a hash with a field list -> combo
-# if you pass a hash with a field hidden -> emulate stty -echo
+#- can get a hash of callback: focus_out changed and complete
+#- moreove if you pass a hash with a field list -> combo
+#- if you pass a hash with a field hidden -> emulate stty -echo
 sub ask_from_entries_ref($$$$;$%) {
     my ($o, $title, $message, $l, $val, %callback) = @_;
     
@@ -146,14 +146,15 @@ sub wait_message($$$) {
     my $w = $o->wait_messageW($title, [ _("Please wait"), @$message ]);
     my $b = before_leaving { $o->wait_message_endW($w) };
 
-    # enable access through set
+    #- enable access through set
     common::add_f4before_leaving(sub { $o->wait_message_nextW($_[1], $w) }, $b, 'set');
     $b;
 }
 
 sub kill {
     my ($o) = @_;
-    while ($o->{before_killing} && @interactive::objects > $o->{before_killing}) {
+    $o->{before_killing} ||= 0;
+    while (@interactive::objects > $o->{before_killing}) {
 	my $w = pop @interactive::objects;
 	$w->destroy;
     }
@@ -163,4 +164,4 @@ sub kill {
 #-######################################################################################
 #- Wonderful perl :(
 #-######################################################################################
-1; # 
+1;
diff --git a/perl-install/interactive_gtk.pm b/perl-install/interactive_gtk.pm
index 1afb5b420..ad4aa36ba 100644
--- a/perl-install/interactive_gtk.pm
+++ b/perl-install/interactive_gtk.pm
@@ -12,12 +12,12 @@ use my_gtk qw(:helpers :wrappers);
 
 1;
 
-## redefine ask_warn
-#sub ask_warn {
-#    my $o = shift;
-#    local $my_gtk::grab = 1;
-#    $o->SUPER::ask_warn(@_);
-#}
+#-#- redefine ask_warn
+#-sub ask_warn {
+#-    my $o = shift;
+#-    local $my_gtk::grab = 1;
+#-    $o->SUPER::ask_warn(@_);
+#-}
 
 sub ask_from_entryW {
     my ($o, $title, $messages, $def) = @_;
@@ -77,10 +77,10 @@ sub ask_many_from_list_refW($$$$$) {
 sub ask_from_entries_refW {
     my ($o, $title, $messages, $l, $val, %hcallback) = @_;
     my $num_fields = @{$l};
-    my $ignore = 0; #to handle recursivity 
+    my $ignore = 0; #-to handle recursivity 
 
     my $w       = my_gtk->new($title, %$o);
-    #the widgets
+    #-the widgets
     my @entries = map { 
 	if ($_->{type} eq "list") {
 	    my $depth_combo = new Gtk::Combo;
@@ -113,10 +113,10 @@ sub ask_from_entries_refW {
 
 
     for (my $i = 0; $i < $num_fields; $i++) {
-	my $ind = $i; #cos lexical bindings pb !!
+	my $ind = $i; #-cos lexical bindings pb !!
 	my $entry = comb_entry($entries[$i], $val->[$i]);
 	my $changed_callback = sub {
-	    return if $ignore; #handle recursive deadlock
+	    return if $ignore; #-handle recursive deadlock
 	    &{$updates[$ind]};
 	    if ($hcallback{changed}) {
 		&{$hcallback{changed}}($ind);
@@ -151,8 +151,8 @@ sub ask_from_entries_refW {
 	   my $c = chr $e->{keyval};
 	   if ($c eq "\x8d")
 	     {
-		 #don't know why it works, i believe that 
-		 #i must say before &$go_to_next, but with it doen't work HACK!
+		 #-don't know why it works, i believe that 
+		 #-i must say before &$go_to_next, but with it doen't work HACK!
 		 $w->signal_emit_stop("key_press_event");
 	     }
 	    ;
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ sub ask_from_entries_refW {
     if ($hcallback{complete}) {
 	my $callback = sub {
 	    my ($error, $focus) = &{$hcallback{complete}};
-	    #update all the value
+	    #-update all the value
 	    $ignore = 1;
 	    foreach (@updates_inv) { &{$_};}
 	    $ignore = 0;
diff --git a/perl-install/keyboard.pm b/perl-install/keyboard.pm
index 8bd75bbf3..baad33b74 100644
--- a/perl-install/keyboard.pm
+++ b/perl-install/keyboard.pm
@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@ my %lang2keyboard =
   "en" => "us",
 );
 
-# [1] = name for loadkeys, [2] = extension for Xmodmap
+#- [1] = name for loadkeys, [2] = extension for Xmodmap
 my %keyboards = (
-# armenian xmodmap have to be checked...
-# "am" => [ __("Armenian"),       "am-armscii8",  "am" ],
+#- armenian xmodmap have to be checked...
+#- "am" => [ __("Armenian"),       "am-armscii8",  "am" ],
  "be" => [ __("Belgian"),        "be-latin1",   "be" ],
  "bg" => [ __("Bulgarian"),      "bg",          "bg" ],
  "cz" => [ __("Czech"),          "cz-latin2",   "cz" ],
@@ -35,9 +35,9 @@ my %keyboards = (
 "dvorak" => [ __("Dvorak"),      "dvorak",      "dvorak" ],
  "fi" => [ __("Finnish"),        "fi-latin1",   "fi" ],
  "fr" => [ __("French"),         "fr-latin1",   "fr" ],
-# georgian keyboards have to be written...
-#"ge_ru"=>[__("Georgian (\"Russian\" layout)","ge_ru-georgian_academy","ge_ru"],
-#"ge_la"=>[__("Georgian ("\Latin\" layout)","ge_la-georgian_academy","ge_ru"], 
+#- georgian keyboards have to be written...
+#-"ge_ru"=>[__("Georgian (\"Russian\" layout)","ge_ru-georgian_academy","ge_ru"],
+#-"ge_la"=>[__("Georgian ("\Latin\" layout)","ge_la-georgian_academy","ge_ru"], 
  "gr" => [ __("Greek"),          "gr-8859_7",   "gr" ],
  "hu" => [ __("Hungarian"),      "hu-latin2",   "hu" ],
  "il" => [ __("Israelian"),      "il-8859_8",   "il" ],
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ my %keyboards = (
  "sg" => [ __("Swiss (german layout)"), "sg-latin1", "sg" ],
  "si" => [ __("Slovenian"),      "si-latin1",   "si" ],
  "sk" => [ __("Slovakian"),      "sk-latin2",   "sk" ],
-# the xmodmap.th has to be fixed to use tis620 keymaps
-# "th" => [ __("Thai keyboard"),  "th",          "th" ],
+#- the xmodmap.th has to be fixed to use tis620 keymaps
+#- "th" => [ __("Thai keyboard"),  "th",          "th" ],
  "tr_f"  => [ __("Turkish (traditional \"F\" model)"), "tr_f-latin5", "tr_f" ],
  "tr_q" => [ __("Turkish (modern \"Q\" model)"), "tr_q-latin5", "tr_q" ],
  "uk" => [ __("UK keyboard"),    "uk-latin1",   "uk" ],
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ sub read($) {
     foreach (<F>) {
 	($_) = /^KEYTABLE=(.*)/ or log::l("unrecognized entry in keyboard configuration file ($_)"), next;
 	s/^\s*"(.*)"\s*$/$1/;
-	s/\.[^.]*//; # remove extension
+	s/\.[^.]*//; #- remove extension
 	return basename($_);
     }
     die "empty keyboard configuration file";
@@ -153,4 +153,4 @@ sub read($) {
 #-######################################################################################
 #- Wonderful perl :(
 #-######################################################################################
-1; # 
+1;
diff --git a/perl-install/lang.pm b/perl-install/lang.pm
index b28fd081f..fa353a776 100644
--- a/perl-install/lang.pm
+++ b/perl-install/lang.pm
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ use log;
 #-######################################################################################
 #- Globals
 #-######################################################################################
-# key (to be used in $LC_ALL), [0] = english name, [1] = charset encoding,
-# [2] = value for $LANG, [3] = value for LANGUAGE (a list of possible
-# languages, carefully choosen)
+#- key (to be used in $LC_ALL), [0] = english name, [1] = charset encoding,
+#- [2] = value for $LANG, [3] = value for LANGUAGE (a list of possible
+#- languages, carefully choosen)
 my %languages = (
   'en'  => [ 'English',			undef,	      'en', 'en_US' ],
 'fr_FR' => [ 'French (France)',		'iso-8859-1', 'fr', 'fr_FR' ],
@@ -56,16 +56,16 @@ my %charsets = (
   "iso-8859-5" => [ "iso05.f16",		"iso05",
 	"*-helvetica-medium-r-normal--14-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1," .
 	"*-helvetica-medium-r-normal--14-*-*-*-*-iso8859-5" ],
-# arabic needs special console driver for text mode [acon]
-# (and gtk support isn't done yet)
+#- arabic needs special console driver for text mode [acon]
+#- (and gtk support isn't done yet)
   "iso-8859-6" => [ "iso06.f16",		"iso06",
 	"*-helvetica-medium-r-normal--14-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1," .
 	"*-helvetica-medium-r-normal--14-*-*-*-*-iso8859-6" ],
   "iso-8859-7" => [ "iso07.f16",		"iso07",
 	"*-helvetica-medium-r-normal--14-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1," .
 	"*-helvetica-medium-r-normal--14-*-*-*-*-iso8859-7" ],
-# hebrew needs special console driver for text mode (none yet)
-# (and gtk support isn't done yet)
+#- hebrew needs special console driver for text mode (none yet)
+#- (and gtk support isn't done yet)
   "iso-8859-8" => [ "iso08.f16",		"iso08",
 	"*-helvetica-medium-r-normal--14-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1," .
 	"*-helvetica-medium-r-normal--14-*-*-*-*-iso8859-8" ],
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ my %charsets = (
   "iso-8859-15" => [ "lat0-sun16.psf",		"iso15",
 	"*-helvetica-medium-r-normal--14-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1," .
 	"*-helvetica-medium-r-normal--14-*-*-*-*-iso8859-15" ],
-# japanese needs special console driver for text mode [kon2]
+#- japanese needs special console driver for text mode [kon2]
   "jisx0208"   => [ "????",			"????",
 	"-misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--14-130-75-75-c-70-jisx0201.1976-0"
 	 ],
@@ -150,32 +150,32 @@ sub write {
     }
 }
 
-#sub load_font {
-#    my ($charset) = @_;
-#    my $fontFile = "lat0-sun16";
-#
-#    if (my $c = $charsets{$charset}) {
-#	 log::l("loading $charset font");
-#	 $fontFile = $c->[0];
-#    }
-#
-#    # text mode font  
-#    log::l("loading font /usr/share/consolefonts/$fontFile");
-#    #c::loadFont("/tmp/$fontFile") or log::l("error in loadFont: one of PIO_FONT PIO_UNIMAPCLR PIO_UNIMAP PIO_UNISCRNMAP failed: $!");
-#    #print STDERR "\033(K";
-#
-#}
-
-sub get_x_fontset {
-    my ($lang) = @_;
-    my $def = "*-helvetica-medium-r-normal--14-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1";
-
-    my $l = $languages{$lang}  or return $def;
-    my $c = $charsets{$l->[1]} or return $def;
-    $c->[2];
-}
+#-sub load_font {
+#-    my ($charset) = @_;
+#-    my $fontFile = "lat0-sun16";
+#-
+#-    if (my $c = $charsets{$charset}) {
+#-	   log::l("loading $charset font");
+#-	   $fontFile = $c->[0];
+#-    }
+#-
+#-    # text mode font  
+#-    log::l("loading font /usr/share/consolefonts/$fontFile");
+#-    #c::loadFont("/tmp/$fontFile") or log::l("error in loadFont: one of PIO_FONT PIO_UNIMAPCLR PIO_UNIMAP PIO_UNISCRNMAP failed: $!");
+#-    #print STDERR "\033(K";
+#-
+#-}
+
+#-sub get_x_fontset {
+#-    my ($lang) = @_;
+#-    my $def = "*-helvetica-medium-r-normal--14-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1";
+#-
+#-    my $l = $languages{$lang}  or return $def;
+#-    my $c = $charsets{$l->[1]} or return $def;
+#-    $c->[2];
+#-}
 
 #-######################################################################################
 #- Wonderful perl :(
 #-######################################################################################
-1; # 
+1;
diff --git a/perl-install/log.pm b/perl-install/log.pm
index 3f119b365..b1428408d 100644
--- a/perl-install/log.pm
+++ b/perl-install/log.pm
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ sub w { &l }
 sub openLog(;$) {
     if ($::isStandalone) {
 	open LOG, ">&STDERR";
-    } elsif ($_[0]) { # useLocal
+    } elsif ($_[0]) { #- useLocal
 	open LOG, "> $_[0]";# or die "no log possible :(";
     } else {
 	open LOG, "> /dev/tty3" or open LOG, ">> /tmp/install.log";# or die "no log possible :(";
@@ -44,4 +44,4 @@ sub closeLog() { close LOG; close LOG2; }
 #-######################################################################################
 #- Wonderful perl :(
 #-######################################################################################
-1; # 
+1;
diff --git a/perl-install/modules.pm b/perl-install/modules.pm
index 46ff2b068..d0c38d49c 100644
--- a/perl-install/modules.pm
+++ b/perl-install/modules.pm
@@ -15,91 +15,30 @@ my $scsi = 0;
 my %deps = ();
 
 
-my @neOptions = (
-  [ "io=", "Base IO port:", "0x300:0x280:0x320:0x340:0x360" ],
-  [ "irq=", "IRQ level:", "" ],
-);
-
-my @de4x5Options = (
-  [ "io=", "Base IO port:", "0x0b" ],
-);
-
-my @cdu31aOptions = (
-  [ "cdu31a_port=", "Base IO port:", "" ],
-  [ "cdu31a_irq=", "IRQ level:", "" ],
-);
-
-#
-#my %knownAliases = (
-#    eth => { type => 'net', minor => 'ethernet' },
-#    scsi_hostadapter => { type => 'scsi' },
-#);
-#
-#my @neOptions = (
-#  [ "io=", __("Base IO port:"), "0x300", "0x280", "0x320", "0x340", "0x360" ],
-#  [ "irq=", __("IRQ level:"), "" ],
-#);
-#
-#my @de4x5Options = (
-#  [ "io=", __("Base IO port:"), "0x0b" ],
-#);
-#
-#my @cdu31aOptions = (
-#  [ "cdu31a_port=", __("Base IO port:"), "" ],
-#  [ "cdu31a_irq=", __("IRQ level:"), "" ],
-#);
-#
-#my @cm206Options = (
-#  [ "cm206=", __("IO base, IRQ:"), "" ],
-#);
-#
-#my @mcdOptions = (
-#  [ "mcd=", __("Base IO port:"), "" ],
-#);
-#
-#my @optcdOptions = (
-#  [ "optcd=", __("Base IO port:"), "" ],
-#);
-#
-#my @fdomainOptions = (
-#  [ "setup_called=", __("Use other options"), "1" ],
-#  [ "port_base=", __("Base IO port:"), "0xd800" ],
-#  [ "interrupt_level=", __("Interrupt level (IRQ):"), "10" ],
-#);
-#
-#my @sbpcdOptions = (
-#  [ "sbpcd=", __("IO base, IRQ, label:"), "" ],
-#);
-#
-#my @parportPcOptions = (
-#  [ "io=", __("Base IO port:"), "0x378" ],
-#  [ "irq=", __("IRQ level:"), "7" ],
-#);
-#
-#my @modules_fields = qw(shouldAutoprobe options flags defaultOptions);
-#my %modules = (
-#  "8390" => [ 1 ],
-#  "cdu31a" => [ 0, \@cdu31aOptions ],
-#  "cm206" => [ 0, \@cm206Options ],
-#  "de4x5" => [ 1, \@de4x5Options, 'AUTOPROBE', "io=0" ],
-#  "ds" => [ 1, undef, 0, '' ],
-#  "fdomain" => [ 1, \@fdomainOptions, 0, '' ],
-#  "i82365" => [ 1, undef, 0, '' ],
-#  "isofs" => [ 1, undef, 0, '' ],
-#  "loop" => [ 1, undef, 0, '' ],
-#  "lp" => [ 1, undef, 0, '' ],
-#  "parport" => [ 1, undef, 0, '' ],
-#  "parport_pc" => [ 1, \@parportPcOptions, 0, "irq=7" ],
-#  "mcd" => [ 0, \@mcdOptions, 0, '' ],
-#  "ne" => [ 0, \@neOptions, 'FAKEAUTOPROBE', "io=0x300" ],
-#  "nfs" => [ 1, undef, 0, '' ],
-#  "optcd" => [ 0, \@optcdOptions, 0, '' ],
-#  "pcmcia_core" => [ 1, undef, 0, '' ],
-#  "sbpcd" => [ 1, \@sbpcdOptions, 0, '' ],
-#  "smbfs" => [ 1, undef, 0, '' ],
-#  "tcic" => [ 1, undef, 0, '' ],
-#  "vfat" => [ 1, undef, 0, '' ],
-#);
+#-my @modules_fields = qw(shouldAutoprobe options flags defaultOptions);
+#-my %modules = (
+#-  "8390" => [ 1 ],
+#-  "cdu31a" => [ 0, \@cdu31aOptions ],
+#-  "cm206" => [ 0, \@cm206Options ],
+#-  "de4x5" => [ 1, \@de4x5Options, 'AUTOPROBE', "io=0" ],
+#-  "ds" => [ 1, undef, 0, '' ],
+#-  "fdomain" => [ 1, \@fdomainOptions, 0, '' ],
+#-  "i82365" => [ 1, undef, 0, '' ],
+#-  "isofs" => [ 1, undef, 0, '' ],
+#-  "loop" => [ 1, undef, 0, '' ],
+#-  "lp" => [ 1, undef, 0, '' ],
+#-  "parport" => [ 1, undef, 0, '' ],
+#-  "parport_pc" => [ 1, \@parportPcOptions, 0, "irq=7" ],
+#-  "mcd" => [ 0, \@mcdOptions, 0, '' ],
+#-  "ne" => [ 0, \@neOptions, 'FAKEAUTOPROBE', "io=0x300" ],
+#-  "nfs" => [ 1, undef, 0, '' ],
+#-  "optcd" => [ 0, \@optcdOptions, 0, '' ],
+#-  "pcmcia_core" => [ 1, undef, 0, '' ],
+#-  "sbpcd" => [ 1, \@sbpcdOptions, 0, '' ],
+#-  "smbfs" => [ 1, undef, 0, '' ],
+#-  "tcic" => [ 1, undef, 0, '' ],
+#-  "vfat" => [ 1, undef, 0, '' ],
+#-);
 my @drivers_by_category = (
 [ \&detect_devices::hasEthernet, 'net', 'ethernet', {
   "3c509" => "3com 3c509",
@@ -274,7 +213,7 @@ sub load_raw($@) {
 
     run_program::run("insmod", $name, @options) or die("insmod $name failed");
 
-    # this is a hack to make plip go
+    #- this is a hack to make plip go
     if ($name eq "parport_pc") {
 	foreach (@options) {
 	    /^irq=(\d+)/ or next;
@@ -315,7 +254,7 @@ sub read_conf($;$) {
 	    $$scsi = max($$scsi, $1 || 0) if /^\s*alias\s+scsi_hostadapter (\d*)/x && $scsi;
 	} if /^\s*(\S+)\s+(\S+)\s+(.*?)\s*$/;
     }
-    # cheating here: not handling aliases of aliases
+    #- cheating here: not handling aliases of aliases
     while (my ($k, $v) = each %c) {
 	$$scsi ||= $v->{scsi_hostadapter} if $scsi;
 	if (my $a = $v->{alias}) {
@@ -372,15 +311,15 @@ sub load_thiskind($;&) {
     }
 }
 
-# This assumes only one of each driver type is loaded
-sub removeDeviceDriver {
-#    my ($type) = @_;
-#
-#    my @m = grep { $loaded{$_}{type} eq $type } keys %loaded;
-#    @m or return 0;
-#    @m > 1 and log::l("removeDeviceDriver assume only one of each driver type is loaded, which is not the case (" . join(' ', @m) . ")");
-#    removeModule($m[0]);
-#    1;
-}
+#-#- This assumes only one of each driver type is loaded
+#-sub removeDeviceDriver {
+#-    my ($type) = @_;
+#-
+#-    my @m = grep { $loaded{$_}{type} eq $type } keys %loaded;
+#-    @m or return 0;
+#-    @m > 1 and log::l("removeDeviceDriver assume only one of each driver type is loaded, which is not the case (" . join(' ', @m) . ")");
+#-    removeModule($m[0]);
+#-    1;
+#-}
 
 
diff --git a/perl-install/my_gtk.pm b/perl-install/my_gtk.pm
index 7ebbd0fda..33f753638 100644
--- a/perl-install/my_gtk.pm
+++ b/perl-install/my_gtk.pm
@@ -17,14 +17,14 @@ use Gtk;
 use c;
 use common qw(:common :functional);
 
-my $forgetTime = 1000; # in milli-seconds
+my $forgetTime = 1000; #- in milli-seconds
 $border = 5;
 
 1;
 
-################################################################################
-# OO stuff
-################################################################################
+#-###############################################################################
+#- OO stuff
+#-###############################################################################
 sub new {
     my ($type, $title, %opts) = @_;
 
@@ -169,11 +169,11 @@ sub gtkset_default_fontset($) {
 }
 
 
-################################################################################
-# createXXX functions
+#-###############################################################################
+#- createXXX functions
 
-# these functions return a widget
-################################################################################
+#- these functions return a widget
+#-###############################################################################
 
 sub create_okcancel($;$$) {
     my ($w, $ok, $cancel) = @_;
@@ -316,11 +316,11 @@ sub _create_window($$) {
 
 
 
-################################################################################
-# ask_XXX
+#-###############################################################################
+#- ask_XXX
 
-# just give a title and some args, and it will return the value given by the user
-################################################################################
+#- just give a title and some args, and it will return the value given by the user
+#-###############################################################################
 
 sub ask_warn       { my $w = my_gtk->new(shift @_); $w->_ask_warn(@_); main($w); }
 sub ask_yesorno    { my $w = my_gtk->new(shift @_); $w->_ask_okcancel(@_, _("Yes"), _("No")); main($w); }
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ sub _ask_from_list($$$$) {
 	   gtkpack($o->create_box_with_title(@$messages), 
 		   @$l > 15 ? gtkset_usize(createScrolledWindow($list), 200, 280) : $list));
 
-    $o->sync; # otherwise the moveto is not done
+    $o->sync; #- otherwise the moveto is not done
     map_index {
 	$list->append($_);
 	&$select($::i) if $def && $_ eq $def; 
@@ -434,16 +434,16 @@ sub _ask_file($$) {
     $f->hide_fileop_buttons;
 }
 
-################################################################################
-# rubbish
-################################################################################
+#-###############################################################################
+#- rubbish
+#-###############################################################################
 
-#sub label_align($$) {
-#    my $w = shift;
-#    local $_ = shift;
-#    $w->set_alignment(!/W/i, !/N/i);
-#    $w
-#}
+#-sub label_align($$) {
+#-    my $w = shift;
+#-    local $_ = shift;
+#-    $w->set_alignment(!/W/i, !/N/i);
+#-    $w
+#-}
 
 #-sub _ask_from_list($$$$) {
 #-    my ($o, $messages, $l, $def) = @_;
diff --git a/perl-install/network.pm b/perl-install/network.pm
index cc5c74fa6..7529261bd 100644
--- a/perl-install/network.pm
+++ b/perl-install/network.pm
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ sub write_conf {
 sub write_resolv_conf {
     my ($file, $netc) = @_;
 
-    # We always write these, even if they were autoconfigured. Otherwise, the reverse name lookup in the install doesn't work. 
+    #- We always write these, even if they were autoconfigured. Otherwise, the reverse name lookup in the install doesn't work. 
     unless ($netc->{DOMAINNAME} || dnsServers($netc)) {
 	unlink($file);
 	log::l("neither domain name nor dns server are configured");
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ sub write_resolv_conf {
     print F "nameserver $_\n" foreach dnsServers($netc);
     print F "#$_" foreach @l;
 
-    #res_init();		# reinit the resolver so DNS changes take affect 
+    #-res_init();		# reinit the resolver so DNS changes take affect 
     1;
 }
 
@@ -158,13 +158,13 @@ sub netmask {
     return "255.255.255.0" unless is_ip($ip);
     $ip =~ $ip_regexp;
     if ($1 >= 1 && $1 < 127) {
-	return "255.0.0.0";    #1.0.0.0 to 127.0.0.0
+	return "255.0.0.0";    #-1.0.0.0 to 127.0.0.0
     } elsif ($1  >= 128 && $1 <= 191 ){
-	return "255.255.0.0";  #128.0.0.0 to 191.255.0.0
+	return "255.255.0.0";  #-128.0.0.0 to 191.255.0.0
     } elsif ($1 >= 192 && $1 <= 223) {
 	return "255.255.255.0";
     } else {
-	return "255.255.255.255"; #experimental classes
+	return "255.255.255.255"; #-experimental classes
     }
 }
 
@@ -198,4 +198,4 @@ sub gateway {
 #-######################################################################################
 #- Wonderful perl :(
 #-######################################################################################
-1; # 
+1;
diff --git a/perl-install/partition_table.pm b/perl-install/partition_table.pm
index 800a65c60..65b084f21 100644
--- a/perl-install/partition_table.pm
+++ b/perl-install/partition_table.pm
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ my %types = (
   4 => "DOS 16-bit <32M",
   5 => "Extended",
   6 => "DOS FAT16",
-  7 => "OS/2 HPFS",               # or QNX? 
+  7 => "OS/2 HPFS",               #- or QNX? 
   8 => "AIX",
   9 => "AIX bootable",
   10 => "OS/2 Boot Manager",
@@ -39,28 +39,28 @@ my %types = (
   0x12 => "Compaq setup",
   0x40 => "Venix 80286",
   0x51 => "Novell?",
-  0x52 => "Microport",            # or CPM? 
-  0x63 => "GNU HURD",             # or System V/386? 
+  0x52 => "Microport",            #- or CPM? 
+  0x63 => "GNU HURD",             #- or System V/386? 
   0x64 => "Novell Netware 286",
   0x65 => "Novell Netware 386",
   0x75 => "PC/IX",
-  0x80 => "Old MINIX",            # Minix 1.4a and earlier 
+  0x80 => "Old MINIX",            #- Minix 1.4a and earlier 
   
-  0x81 => "Linux/MINIX", # Minix 1.4b and later 
+  0x81 => "Linux/MINIX", #- Minix 1.4b and later 
   0x82 => "Linux swap",
   0x83 => "Linux native",
   
   0x93 => "Amoeba",
-  0x94 => "Amoeba BBT",           # (bad block table) 
+  0x94 => "Amoeba BBT",           #- (bad block table) 
   0xa5 => "BSD/386",
   0xb7 => "BSDI fs",
   0xb8 => "BSDI swap",
   0xc7 => "Syrinx",
-  0xdb => "CP/M",                 # or Concurrent DOS? 
+  0xdb => "CP/M",                 #- or Concurrent DOS? 
   0xe1 => "DOS access",
   0xe3 => "DOS R/O",
   0xf2 => "DOS secondary",
-  0xff => "BBT"                   # (bad track table) 
+  0xff => "BBT"                   #- (bad track table) 
 );
 
 my %type2fs = (
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ my %type2fs = (
   0x0e => 'vfat',
   0x82 => 'swap',
   0x83 => 'ext2',
-  nfs  => 'nfs', # hack
+  nfs  => 'nfs', #- hack
 );
 my %types_rev = reverse %types;
 my %fs2type = reverse %type2fs;
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ sub isSwap($) { $type2fs{$_[0]{type}} eq 'swap' }
 sub isExt2($) { $type2fs{$_[0]{type}} eq 'ext2' }
 sub isDos($) { $ {{ 1=>1, 4=>1, 6=>1 }}{$_[0]{type}} }
 sub isWin($) { $ {{ 0xb=>1, 0xc=>1, 0xe=>1 }}{$_[0]{type}} }
-sub isNfs($) { $_[0]{type} eq 'nfs' } # small hack
+sub isNfs($) { $_[0]{type} eq 'nfs' } #- small hack
 
 sub isPrimary($$) {
     my ($part, $hd) = @_;
@@ -160,10 +160,10 @@ sub assign_device_numbers($) {
     $_->{device} = $hd->{prefix} . $i++ foreach @{$hd->{primary}{raw}}, 
                                                 map { $_->{normal} } @{$hd->{extended} || []};
 
-    # try to figure what the windobe drive letter could be!
+    #- try to figure what the windobe drive letter could be!
     #
-    # first verify there's at least one primary dos partition, otherwise it
-    # means it is a secondary disk and all will be false :(
+    #- first verify there's at least one primary dos partition, otherwise it
+    #- means it is a secondary disk and all will be false :(
     my ($c, @others) = grep { isDos($_) || isWin($_) } @{$hd->{primary}{normal}};
     $c or return;
 
@@ -206,10 +206,10 @@ sub adjust_main_extended($) {
 	$l->{size} = $hd->{primary}{extended}{size} = $end - $start;
     }
     unless (@{$hd->{extended} || []} || !$hd->{primary}{extended}) {
-	%{$hd->{primary}{extended}} = (); # modify the raw entry
+	%{$hd->{primary}{extended}} = (); #- modify the raw entry
 	delete $hd->{primary}{extended};
     }
-    verifyParts($hd); # verify everything is all right
+    verifyParts($hd); #- verify everything is all right
 }
 
 
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ sub read_extended($$) {
     @{$pt->{normal}} <= 1 or die "more than one normal partition in extended partition";
     @{$pt->{normal}} >= 1 or die "no normal partition in extended partition";
     $pt->{normal} = $pt->{normal}[0];
-    # in case of extended partitions, the start sector is local to the partition or to the first extended_part!
+    #- in case of extended partitions, the start sector is local to the partition or to the first extended_part!
     $pt->{normal}{start} += $pt->{start};
 
     verifyInside($pt->{normal}, $extended) or die "partition $pt->{normal}{device} is not inside its extended partition";
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ sub read_extended($$) {
 sub write($) {
     my ($hd) = @_;
 
-    # set first primary partition active if no primary partitions are marked as active.
+    #- set first primary partition active if no primary partitions are marked as active.
     for ($hd->{primary}{raw}) {
 	(grep { $_->{local_start} = $_->{start}; $_->{active} ||= 0 } @$_) or $_->[0]{active} = 0x80;
     }
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ sub write($) {
     }
     $hd->{isDirty} = 0;
 
-    # now sync disk and re-read the partition table 
+    #- now sync disk and re-read the partition table 
     if ($hd->{needKernelReread}) {
 	sync();
 	partition_table_raw::kernel_read($hd);
@@ -317,21 +317,21 @@ sub remove($$) {
     my ($hd, $part) = @_;
     my $i;
 
-    # first search it in the primary partitions
+    #- first search it in the primary partitions
     $i = 0; foreach (@{$hd->{primary}{normal}}) {
 	if ($_ eq $part) {
 	    splice(@{$hd->{primary}{normal}}, $i, 1);
-	    %$_ = (); # blank it
+	    %$_ = (); #- blank it
 
 	    return $hd->{isDirty} = $hd->{needKernelReread} = 1;
 	}
 	$i++;
     }
-    # otherwise search it in extended partitions
+    #- otherwise search it in extended partitions
     foreach (@{$hd->{extended}}) {
 	$_->{normal} eq $part or next;
 
-	delete $_->{normal}; # remove it
+	delete $_->{normal}; #- remove it
 	remove_empty_extended($hd);
 
 	return $hd->{isDirty} = $hd->{needKernelReread} = 1;
@@ -344,12 +344,12 @@ sub add_primary($$) {
     my ($hd, $part) = @_;
 
     {
-	local $hd->{primary}{normal}; # save it to fake an addition of $part, that way add_primary do not modify $hd if it fails
+	local $hd->{primary}{normal}; #- save it to fake an addition of $part, that way add_primary do not modify $hd if it fails
 	push @{$hd->{primary}{normal}}, $part;
-	adjust_main_extended($hd); # verify
+	adjust_main_extended($hd); #- verify
 	raw_add($hd->{primary}{raw}, $part);
     }
-    push @{$hd->{primary}{normal}}, $part; # really do it
+    push @{$hd->{primary}{normal}}, $part; #- really do it
 }
 
 sub add_extended($$) {
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ sub add_extended($$) {
 	my $start = min($e->{start}, $part->{start});
 	$end = max($end, $part->{start} + $part->{size}) - $start;
 	
-	{ # faking a resizing of the main extended partition to test for problems
+	{ #- faking a resizing of the main extended partition to test for problems
 	    local $e->{start} = $start;
 	    local $e->{size} = $end - $start;
 	    eval { verifyPrimary($hd->{primary}) };
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ The only solution is to move your primary partitions to have the hole next to th
     } else {
 
 	my ($ext, $ext_size) = is_empty_array_ref($hd->{extended}) ?
-	  ($hd->{primary}, -1) : # -1 size will be computed by adjust_main_extended
+	  ($hd->{primary}, -1) : #- -1 size will be computed by adjust_main_extended
 	  (top(@{$hd->{extended}}), $part->{size});
 	my %ext = ( type => 5, start => $part->{start}, size => $ext_size );
     
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ The only solution is to move your primary partitions to have the hole next to th
 	$ext->{extended} = \%ext;
 	push @{$hd->{extended}}, { %ext, raw => [ $part, {}, {}, {} ], normal => $part };
     }
-    $part->{start}++; $part->{size}--; # let it start after the extended partition sector
+    $part->{start}++; $part->{size}--; #- let it start after the extended partition sector
     adjustStartAndEnd($hd, $part);
 
     adjust_main_extended($hd);
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ sub add($$;$) {
     $part->{isFormatted} = 0;
     $part->{rootDevice} = $hd->{device};
     $hd->{isDirty} = $hd->{needKernelReread} = 1;
-    $part->{start} ||= 1; # starting at sector 0 is not allowed
+    $part->{start} ||= 1; #- starting at sector 0 is not allowed
     adjustStartAndEnd($hd, $part);
 
     my $e = $hd->{primary}{extended};
@@ -417,10 +417,10 @@ sub add($$;$) {
 	eval { add_primary($hd, $part) };
 	return unless $@;
     }
-    eval { add_extended($hd, $part) }; # try adding extended
+    eval { add_extended($hd, $part) }; #- try adding extended
     if (my $err = $@) {
 	eval { add_primary($hd, $part) };
-	die $@ if $@; # send the add extended error which should be better
+	die $@ if $@; #- send the add extended error which should be better
     }
 }
 
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ sub load($$;$) {
 
     $h{totalsectors} == $hd->{totalsectors} or $force or cdie("Bad totalsectors");
 
-    # unsure we don't modify totalsectors
+    #- unsure we don't modify totalsectors
     local $hd->{totalsectors};
 
     @{$hd}{@fields2save} = @$h;
diff --git a/perl-install/partition_table_raw.pm b/perl-install/partition_table_raw.pm
index ff54ef765..c97a8a094 100644
--- a/perl-install/partition_table_raw.pm
+++ b/perl-install/partition_table_raw.pm
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ sub compute_CHS($$) {
 
 sub CHS2rawCHS($$$) {
     my ($c, $h, $s) = @_;
-    $c = min($c, 1023); # no way to have a #cylinder >= 1024
+    $c = min($c, 1023); #- no way to have a #cylinder >= 1024
     ($c & 0xff, $h, $s | ($c >> 2 & 0xc0));
 }
 
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ sub read($$) {
 	\%h;
     } (1..$nb_primary);
 
-    # check magic number
+    #- check magic number
     sysread F, $tmp, length $magic or die "error reading magic number";
     $tmp eq $magic or die "bad magic number";
 
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ sub write($$$) {
     foreach (@$pt) {
 	compute_CHS($hd, $_);
 	local $_->{start} = $_->{local_start} || 0;
-	$_->{active} ||= 0; $_->{type} ||= 0; $_->{size} ||= 0; # for no warning
+	$_->{active} ||= 0; $_->{type} ||= 0; $_->{size} ||= 0; #- for no warning
 	syswrite F, pack($format, @$_{@fields}), psizeof($format) or return 0;
     }
     syswrite F, $magic, length $magic or return 0;
diff --git a/perl-install/pkgs.pm b/perl-install/pkgs.pm
index 0f50ed3a5..edb6f441c 100644
--- a/perl-install/pkgs.pm
+++ b/perl-install/pkgs.pm
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@ sub Package {
 sub select($$;$) {
     my ($packages, $p, $base) = @_;
     $p->{base} ||= $base;
-    $p->{selected} = -1; # selected by user
+    $p->{selected} = -1; #- selected by user
     my @l = @{$p->{deps} || die "missing deps file"};
     while (@l) {
 	my $n = shift @l;
-	$n =~ /|/ and $n = first(split '\|', $n); #TODO better handling of choice
+	$n =~ /|/ and $n = first(split '\|', $n); #-TODO better handling of choice
 	my $i = Package($packages, $n) or next;
 	$i->{base} ||= $base;
 	$i->{deps} or log::l("missing deps for $n");
@@ -42,11 +42,11 @@ sub unselect($$) {
     my $set = set_new($p->{name});
     my $l = $set->{list};
 
-    # get the list of provided packages
+    #- get the list of provided packages
     foreach my $q (@$l) {
 	my $i = Package($packages, $q);
 	$i->{selected} && !$i->{base} or next;
-	$i->{selected} = 1; # that way, its counter will be zero the first time
+	$i->{selected} = 1; #- that way, its counter will be zero the first time
 	set_add($set, @{$i->{provides} || []});
     }
 
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ sub unselect($$) {
 	}
     }
 
-    # garbage collect for circular dependencies
+    #- garbage collect for circular dependencies
     my $changed = 1;
     while ($changed) {
 	$changed = 0;
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ sub install {
 
     log::ld("starting installation: ", $nb, " packages, ", $total, " bytes");
 
-    # !! do not translate these messages, they are used when catched (cf install_steps_graphical)
+    #- !! do not translate these messages, they are used when catched (cf install_steps_graphical)
     my $callbackOpen = sub { 
 	my $fd = install_any::getFile($_[0]) or log::l("bad file $_[0]");
 	$fd ? fileno $fd : -1;
diff --git a/perl-install/resize_fat/any.pm b/perl-install/resize_fat/any.pm
index e4747dc87..26c98f886 100644
--- a/perl-install/resize_fat/any.pm
+++ b/perl-install/resize_fat/any.pm
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ $DIRECTORY = 2;
 1;
 
 
-# returns the number of clusters for a given filesystem type
+#- returns the number of clusters for a given filesystem type
 sub min_cluster_count($) {
     my ($fs) = @_;
     (1 << $ {{ FAT16 => 12, FAT32 => 12 }}{$fs->{fs_type}}) - 12;
@@ -30,20 +30,20 @@ sub max_cluster_count($) {
 
 
 
-# calculates the minimum size of a partition, in physical sectors
+#- calculates the minimum size of a partition, in physical sectors
 sub min_size($) {
     my ($fs) = @_;
     my $count = $fs->{clusters}{count};
 
-    # directories are both in `used' and `dirs', so are counted twice
-    # It's done on purpose since we're moving all directories. So at the worse
-    # moment, 2 directories are there, but that way nothing wrong can happen :)
+    #- directories are both in `used' and `dirs', so are counted twice
+    #- It's done on purpose since we're moving all directories. So at the worse
+    #- moment, 2 directories are there, but that way nothing wrong can happen :)
     my $min_cluster_count = max(2 + $count->{used} + $count->{bad} + $count->{dirs}, min_cluster_count($fs));
 
     $min_cluster_count * divide($fs->{cluster_size}, $SECTORSIZE) + 
 	divide($fs->{cluster_offset}, $SECTORSIZE);
 }
-# calculates the maximum size of a partition, in physical sectors
+#- calculates the maximum size of a partition, in physical sectors
 sub max_size($) {
     my ($fs) = @_;
 
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ sub max_size($) {
 	divide($fs->{cluster_offset}, $SECTORSIZE);
 }
 
-# fills in $fs->{fat_flag_map}. 
-# Each FAT entry is flagged as either FREE, FILE or DIRECTORY.
+#- fills in $fs->{fat_flag_map}. 
+#- Each FAT entry is flagged as either FREE, FILE or DIRECTORY.
 sub flag_clusters {
     my ($fs) = @_;
     my ($cluster, $entry, $type);
diff --git a/perl-install/resize_fat/boot_sector.pm b/perl-install/resize_fat/boot_sector.pm
index cd8f52cac..6da81e420 100644
--- a/perl-install/resize_fat/boot_sector.pm
+++ b/perl-install/resize_fat/boot_sector.pm
@@ -11,41 +11,41 @@ use resize_fat::directory;
 
 my $format = "a3 a8 S C S C S S C S S S I I I S S I S S a458 S";
 my @fields = (
-    'boot_jump',		# boot strap short or near jump
-    'system_id',		# Name - can be used to special case partition manager volumes
-    'sector_size',		# bytes per logical sector
-    'cluster_size_in_sectors',	# sectors/cluster
-    'nb_reserved',		# reserved sectors
-    'nb_fats',			# number of FATs
-    'nb_root_dir_entries',	# number of root directory entries
-    'small_nb_sectors',		# number of sectors: big_nb_sectors supersedes
-    'media',			# media code
-    'fat16_fat_length',		# sectors/FAT for FAT12/16
+    'boot_jump',		#- boot strap short or near jump
+    'system_id',		#- Name - can be used to special case partition manager volumes
+    'sector_size',		#- bytes per logical sector
+    'cluster_size_in_sectors',	#- sectors/cluster
+    'nb_reserved',		#- reserved sectors
+    'nb_fats',			#- number of FATs
+    'nb_root_dir_entries',	#- number of root directory entries
+    'small_nb_sectors',		#- number of sectors: big_nb_sectors supersedes
+    'media',			#- media code
+    'fat16_fat_length',		#- sectors/FAT for FAT12/16
     'sectors_per_track',
     'nb_heads',
-    'nb_hidden',		# (unused)
-    'big_nb_sectors',		# number of sectors (if small_nb_sectors == 0)
-
-# FAT32-only entries
-    'fat32_fat_length',		# size of FAT in sectors
-    'fat32_flags',		# bit8: fat mirroring,
-				# low4: active fat
-    'fat32_version',		# minor * 256 + major
+    'nb_hidden',		#- (unused)
+    'big_nb_sectors',		#- number of sectors (if small_nb_sectors == 0)
+
+#- FAT32-only entries
+    'fat32_fat_length',		#- size of FAT in sectors
+    'fat32_flags',		#- bit8: fat mirroring,
+				#- low4: active fat
+    'fat32_version',		#- minor * 256 + major
     'fat32_root_dir_cluster',
     'info_offset_in_sectors',
     'fat32_backup_sector',
 
-# Common again...
-    'boot_code',		# Boot code (or message)
-    'boot_sign',		# 0xAA55
+#- Common again...
+    'boot_code',		#- Boot code (or message)
+    'boot_sign',		#- 0xAA55
 );
 
 1;
 
 
-# trimfs_init_boot_sector() - reads in the boot sector - gets important info out
-# of boot sector, and puts in main structure - performs sanity checks - returns 1
-# on success, 0 on failureparameters: filesystem an empty structure to fill.
+#- trimfs_init_boot_sector() - reads in the boot sector - gets important info out
+#- of boot sector, and puts in main structure - performs sanity checks - returns 1
+#- on success, 0 on failureparameters: filesystem an empty structure to fill.
 sub read($) {
     my ($fs) = @_;
     
@@ -60,11 +60,11 @@ sub read($) {
     $fs->{nb_sectors} < 32 and die "Too few sectors for viable file system\n";
 
     if ($fs->{fat16_fat_length}) {
-	# asserting FAT16, will be verified later on
+	#- asserting FAT16, will be verified later on
         $fs->{fs_type} = 'FAT16';
 	$fs->{fs_type_size} = 16;
 	$fs->{fat_length} = $fs->{fat16_fat_length};
-	$resize_fat::bad_cluster_value = 0xfff7; # 2**16 - 1
+	$resize_fat::bad_cluster_value = 0xfff7; #- 2**16 - 1
     } else {
 	$resize_fat::isFAT32 = 1;
         $fs->{fs_type} = 'FAT32';
@@ -84,12 +84,12 @@ sub read($) {
 
     $fs->{nb_fat_entries} = divide($fs->{fat_size}, $fs->{fs_type_size} / 8);
 
-    # - 2 because clusters 0 & 1 doesn't exist 
+    #- - 2 because clusters 0 & 1 doesn't exist 
     $fs->{nb_clusters} = divide($fs->{nb_sectors} * $fs->{sector_size} - $fs->{cluster_offset}, $fs->{cluster_size}) - 2;
 
     $fs->{dir_entries_per_cluster} = divide($fs->{cluster_size}, psizeof($format));
 
-#    $fs->{nb_clusters} >= resize_fat::any::min_cluster_count($fs) or die "error: not enough sectors for a $fs->{fs_type}\n";
+#-    $fs->{nb_clusters} >= resize_fat::any::min_cluster_count($fs) or die "error: not enough sectors for a $fs->{fs_type}\n";
     $fs->{nb_clusters} <  resize_fat::any::max_cluster_count($fs) or die "error: too many sectors for a $fs->{fs_type}\n";
 }
 
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ sub write($) {
     eval { resize_fat::io::write($fs, 0, $SECTORSIZE, $boot) }; $@ and die "writing the boot sector failed on device $fs->{fs_name}";
 
     if ($resize_fat::isFAT32) {
-	# write backup
+	#- write backup
 	eval { resize_fat::io::write($fs, $fs->{fat32_backup_sector} * $SECTORSIZE, $SECTORSIZE, $boot) };
 	$@ and die "writing the backup boot sector (#$fs->{fat32_backup_sector}) failed on device $fs->{fs_name}";
     }
diff --git a/perl-install/resize_fat/dir_entry.pm b/perl-install/resize_fat/dir_entry.pm
index fa5ebb344..47f326735 100644
--- a/perl-install/resize_fat/dir_entry.pm
+++ b/perl-install/resize_fat/dir_entry.pm
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ sub is_special_entry($) {
     my ($entry) = @_;
     my ($c) = unpack "C", $entry->{name};
 
-    # skip empty slots, deleted files, and 0xF6?? (taken from kernel)
+    #- skip empty slots, deleted files, and 0xF6?? (taken from kernel)
     $c == 0 || $c == $DELETED_FLAG || $c == 0xF6 and return 1;
 
     $entry->{attributes} == $VFAT_ATTR and return 1;
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ sub is_special_entry($) {
 }
 
 
-# return true if entry has been modified
+#- return true if entry has been modified
 sub remap {
     my ($fat_remap, $entry) = @_;
 	
@@ -63,9 +63,9 @@ sub remap {
     my $cluster = get_cluster($entry);
     my $new_cluster = $fat_remap->[$cluster];
 
-    #print "remapping cluster ", get_first_cluster($fs, $entry), " to $new_cluster";
+    #-print "remapping cluster ", get_first_cluster($fs, $entry), " to $new_cluster";
 
-    $new_cluster == $cluster and return; # no need to modify
+    $new_cluster == $cluster and return; #- no need to modify
 
     set_cluster($entry, $new_cluster);
     1;
diff --git a/perl-install/resize_fat/directory.pm b/perl-install/resize_fat/directory.pm
index 00ae6a870..3b779e2de 100644
--- a/perl-install/resize_fat/directory.pm
+++ b/perl-install/resize_fat/directory.pm
@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@ my @fields = (
     'extension',
     'attributes',
     'is_upper_case_name',
-    'creation_time_low',	# milliseconds
+    'creation_time_low',	#- milliseconds
     'creation_time_high',
     'creation_date',
     'access_date',
-    'first_cluster_high',	# for FAT32
+    'first_cluster_high',	#- for FAT32
     'time',
     'date',
     'first_cluster',
@@ -29,15 +29,15 @@ my @fields = (
 
 sub entry_size { psizeof($format) }
 
-# call `f' for each entry of the directory
-# if f return true, then modification in the entry are taken back
+#- call `f' for each entry of the directory
+#- if f return true, then modification in the entry are taken back
 sub traverse($$$) {
     my ($fs, $directory, $f) = @_;
 
     for (my $i = 0;; $i++) {
 	my $raw = \substr($directory, $i * psizeof($format), psizeof($format));
 
-	# empty entry means end of directory
+	#- empty entry means end of directory
 	$$raw =~ /^\0*$/ and return $directory;
 
 	my $entry; @{$entry}{@fields} = unpack $format, $$raw;
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ sub traverse_all($$) {
         resize_fat::dir_entry::is_directory($entry) 
 	    and traverse($fs, resize_fat::io::read_file($fs, resize_fat::dir_entry::get_cluster($entry)), $traverse_all);
 
-	undef; # no need to write back (cf traverse)
+	undef; #- no need to write back (cf traverse)
     };
 
     my $directory = $resize_fat::isFAT32 ?
@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@ sub traverse_all($$) {
 }
 
 
-# function used by construct_dir_tree to translate the `cluster' fields in each
-# directory entry
+#- function used by construct_dir_tree to translate the `cluster' fields in each
+#- directory entry
 sub remap {
     my ($fs, $directory) = @_;
 
diff --git a/perl-install/resize_fat/fat.pm b/perl-install/resize_fat/fat.pm
index 87ce2af71..5c0b259b4 100644
--- a/perl-install/resize_fat/fat.pm
+++ b/perl-install/resize_fat/fat.pm
@@ -42,10 +42,10 @@ sub write($) {
 
 
 
-# allocates where all the clusters will be moved to. Clusters before cut_point
-# remain in the same position, however cluster that are part of a directory are
-# moved regardless (this is a mechanism to prevent data loss) (cut_point is the
-# first cluster that won't occur in the new fs)
+#- allocates where all the clusters will be moved to. Clusters before cut_point
+#- remain in the same position, however cluster that are part of a directory are
+#- moved regardless (this is a mechanism to prevent data loss) (cut_point is the
+#- first cluster that won't occur in the new fs)
 sub allocate_remap {
     my ($fs, $cut_point) = @_;
     my ($cluster, $new_cluster);
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ sub allocate_remap {
     my $get_new = sub {
 	$new_cluster = get_free($fs);
 	0 < $new_cluster && $new_cluster < $cut_point or die "no free clusters";
-	set_eof($fs, $new_cluster); # mark as used
-	#log::ld("resize_fat: [$cluster,", &next($fs, $cluster), "...]->$new_cluster...");
+	set_eof($fs, $new_cluster); #- mark as used
+	#-log::ld("resize_fat: [$cluster,", &next($fs, $cluster), "...]->$new_cluster...");
     };
 
     $fs->{fat_remap}[0] = 0;
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ sub allocate_remap {
 }
 
 
-# updates the fat for the resized filesystem
+#- updates the fat for the resized filesystem
 sub update {
     my ($fs) = @_;
 
@@ -95,9 +95,9 @@ sub update {
 }
 
 
-# - compares the two FATs (one's a backup that should match) - skips first entry
-# - its just a signature (already checked above) NOTE: checks for cross-linking
-# are done in count.c
+#- - compares the two FATs (one's a backup that should match) - skips first entry
+#- - its just a signature (already checked above) NOTE: checks for cross-linking
+#- are done in count.c
 sub check($) {
     my ($fs) = @_;
     foreach (@{$fs->{fats}}) {
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ sub get_free($) {
     die "no free clusters";
 }
 
-#    returns true if <cluster> represents an EOF marker
+#-    returns true if <cluster> represents an EOF marker
 sub is_eof($) {
     my ($cluster) = @_;
     $cluster >= $resize_fat::bad_cluster_value;
@@ -150,13 +150,13 @@ sub set_eof($$) {
     set_next($fs, $cluster, $resize_fat::bad_cluster_value + 1);
 }
 
-#    returns true if <cluster> is empty.  Note that this includes bad clusters.
+#-    returns true if <cluster> is empty.  Note that this includes bad clusters.
 sub is_empty($) {
     my ($cluster) = @_;
     $cluster == 0 || $cluster == $resize_fat::bad_cluster_value;
 }
 
-#    returns true if <cluster> is available.
+#-    returns true if <cluster> is available.
 sub is_available($) {
     my ($cluster) = @_;
     $cluster == 0;
diff --git a/perl-install/resize_fat/info_sector.pm b/perl-install/resize_fat/info_sector.pm
index 2eacf58ca..3a6f7cfed 100644
--- a/perl-install/resize_fat/info_sector.pm
+++ b/perl-install/resize_fat/info_sector.pm
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ use resize_fat::io;
 my $format = "a484 I I I a16";
 my @fields = (
     'unused',
-    'signature',		# should be 0x61417272
-    'free_clusters',		# -1 for unknown
-    'next_cluster',		# most recently allocated cluster
+    'signature',		#- should be 0x61417272
+    'free_clusters',		#- -1 for unknown
+    'next_cluster',		#- most recently allocated cluster
     'unused2',
 );
 
diff --git a/perl-install/resize_fat/main.pm b/perl-install/resize_fat/main.pm
index 55cc34d7b..692ade0cb 100644
--- a/perl-install/resize_fat/main.pm
+++ b/perl-install/resize_fat/main.pm
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ use resize_fat::any;
 
 1;
 
-# - reads in the boot sector/partition info., and tries to make some sense of it
+#- - reads in the boot sector/partition info., and tries to make some sense of it
 sub new($$$) {
     my ($type, $device, $fs_name) = @_;
     my $fs = { device => $device, fs_name => $fs_name } ;
@@ -51,9 +51,9 @@ sub new($$$) {
     bless $fs, $type;
 }
 
-# copy all clusters >= <start_cluster> to a new place on the partition, less
-# than <start_cluster>. Only copies files, not directories.
-# (use of buffer needed because the seeks slow like hell the hard drive)
+#- copy all clusters >= <start_cluster> to a new place on the partition, less
+#- than <start_cluster>. Only copies files, not directories.
+#- (use of buffer needed because the seeks slow like hell the hard drive)
 sub copy_clusters {
     my ($fs, $cluster) = @_;
     my @buffer;
@@ -71,13 +71,13 @@ sub copy_clusters {
     &$flush();
 }
 
-# Constructs the new directory tree to match the new file locations.
+#- Constructs the new directory tree to match the new file locations.
 sub construct_dir_tree {
     my ($fs) = @_;
 
     if ($resize_fat::isFAT32) { 
-	# fat32's root must remain in the first 64k clusters
-	# so don't set it as DIRECTORY, it will be specially handled
+	#- fat32's root must remain in the first 64k clusters
+	#- so don't set it as DIRECTORY, it will be specially handled
 	$fs->{fat_flag_map}[$fs->{fat32_root_dir_cluster}] = $resize_fat::any::FREE;
     }
 
@@ -91,12 +91,12 @@ sub construct_dir_tree {
 
     sync();
 
-    # until now, only free clusters have been written. it's a null operation if we stop here.
-    # it means no corruption :)
+    #- until now, only free clusters have been written. it's a null operation if we stop here.
+    #- it means no corruption :)
     #
-    # now we must be as fast as possible!
+    #- now we must be as fast as possible!
 
-    # remapping non movable root directory
+    #- remapping non movable root directory
     if ($resize_fat::isFAT32) {
 	my $cluster = $fs->{fat32_root_dir_cluster};
 
@@ -112,10 +112,10 @@ sub construct_dir_tree {
 sub min_size($) { &resize_fat::any::min_size }
 sub max_size($) { &resize_fat::any::max_size }
 
-# resize
-# - size is in sectors
-# - checks boundaries before starting 
-# - copies all data beyond new_cluster_count behind the frontier
+#- resize
+#- - size is in sectors
+#- - checks boundaries before starting 
+#- - copies all data beyond new_cluster_count behind the frontier
 sub resize {
     my ($fs, $size) = @_;
 
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ sub resize {
 
     resize_fat::boot_sector::write($fs);
 
-    $resize_fat::isFAT32 and eval { resize_fat::info_sector::write($fs) }; # doesn't matter if this fails - its pretty useless!
+    $resize_fat::isFAT32 and eval { resize_fat::info_sector::write($fs) }; #- doesn't matter if this fails - its pretty useless!
 
     sync();
     log::l("resize_fat: done");
diff --git a/perl-install/share/install.rc b/perl-install/share/install.rc
index 585595df4..f16dc101a 100644
--- a/perl-install/share/install.rc
+++ b/perl-install/share/install.rc
@@ -1,54 +1,34 @@
 style "default-font" 
 {
-       fontset = "-*-helvetica-medium-r-normal--*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*,\
-		  -*-arial-medium-r-normal--*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*,\
-		  -*-*helvetica*-medium-r-normal--*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*,\
-		  -*-*arial*-medium-r-normal--*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*,\
-		  -*-tahoma-medium-r-normal--*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*,\
-		  -ricoh-*-medium-r-normal--*-*-*-*-*-*-jisx0208.1983-0,\
-		  -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--*-*-*-*-*-*-jisx0208.1983-0,\
-                  -*-*-medium-r-normal--*-*-*-*-*-*-jisx0208.1983-0,\
-		  -*-*-medium-r-normal--*-*-*-*-*-*-jisx0201.1976-0,\
-                  -*-*-medium-r-normal--*-*-*-*-*-*-georgian-academy,\
-		  -*-*-medium-r-normal--*-*-*-*-*-*-georgian-rs,\
-                  -*-*-medium-*-*--*-*-*-*-*-*-ksc5601.1987-*,\
-		  -*-*-medium-r-normal-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-mulelao-1,\
-		  -*-*-medium-r-normal-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-ibm-cp1133,\
-		  -*-*-medium-r-normal-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-iso10646-1,\
-		  -taipei-*-medium-r-normal--*-*-*-*-*-*-big5-0"
-#  fontset = "-adobe-helvetica-medium-r-normal-*-*-100-*-*-p-*-iso8859-1"
+   fontset = "\
+-*-helvetica-medium-r-normal-*-*-100-*-*-*-*-*-*,\
+-*-arial-medium-r-normal-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*,\
+-*-*helvetica*-medium-r-normal-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*,\
+-*-*arial*-medium-r-normal-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*,\
+-*-tahoma-medium-r-normal-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*,\
+-*-*-medium-r-normal-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-jisx0208.1990-0,\
+-*-*-medium-r-normal-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-jisx0208.1983-0,\
+-*-*-medium-r-normal-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-jisx0201.1976-0,\
+-*-*-medium-r-normal-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-georgian-academy,\
+-*-*-medium-r-normal-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-georgian-rs,\
+-*-*-medium-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-ksc5601.1987-*,\
+-*-*-medium-r-normal-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-mulelao-1,\
+-*-*-medium-r-normal-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-ibm-cp1133,\
+-*-*-medium-r-normal-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-iso10646-1,\
+-taipei-*-medium-r-normal-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-big5-0"
 }
 
 style "steps"
 {
   bg[NORMAL] = { 0, 0, 0 }
   fg[NORMAL] = { 1.0, 1.0, 1.0 }
-#  fontset = "-adobe-helvetica-medium-r-normal-*-*-80-*-*-p-*-iso8859-1"
+
+   fontset = "-*-helvetica-medium-r-normal-*-*-80-*-*-*-*-*-*"
 }
 
 style "logo"
 {
   bg[NORMAL] = { 1.0, 1.0, 1.0 }
-  fg[NORMAL]        = { 1.0, 1.0, 1.0 }
-  text[NORMAL]      = { 1.0, 1.0, 1.0 }
-  fg[ACTIVE]        = { 1.0, 1.0, 1.0 }
-  text[ACTIVE]      = { 1.0, 1.0, 1.0 }
-  fg[PRELIGHT]      = { 1.0, 1.0, 1.0 }
-  text[PRELIGHT]    = { 1.0, 1.0, 1.0 }
-  fg[SELECTED]      = { 1.0, 1.0, 1.0 }
-  text[SELECTED]    = { 1.0, 1.0, 1.0 }
-  fg[INSENSITIVE]   = { 1.0, 1.0, 1.0 }
-  text[INSENSITIVE] = { 1.0, 1.0, 1.0 }
-  bg[NORMAL]        = { 1.0, 1.0, 1.0 }
-  base[NORMAL]      = { 1.0, 1.0, 1.0 }
-  bg[ACTIVE]        = { 1.0, 1.0, 1.0 }
-  base[ACTIVE]      = { 1.0, 1.0, 1.0 }
-  bg[PRELIGHT]      = { 1.0, 1.0, 1.0 }
-  base[PRELIGHT]    = { 1.0, 1.0, 1.0 }
-  bg[SELECTED]      = { 1.0, 1.0, 1.0 }
-  base[SELECTED]    = { 1.0, 1.0, 1.0 }
-  bg[INSENSITIVE]   = { 1.0, 1.0, 1.0 }
-  base[INSENSITIVE] = { 1.0, 1.0, 1.0 }
 }
 
 widget "*" style "default-font"
diff --git a/perl-install/swap.pm b/perl-install/swap.pm
index 879794ca9..bf8f608ed 100644
--- a/perl-install/swap.pm
+++ b/perl-install/swap.pm
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ my $signature_page = "\0" x $pagesize;
 
 my $V0_MAX_PAGES = 8 * $pagesize - 10;
 my $V1_OLD_MAX_PAGES = int 0x7fffffff / $pagesize - 1;
-my $V1_MAX_PAGES = $V1_OLD_MAX_PAGES; # (1 << 24) - 1;
+my $V1_MAX_PAGES = $V1_OLD_MAX_PAGES; #- (1 << 24) - 1;
 my $MAX_BADPAGES = int ($pagesize - 1024 - 128 * $common::sizeof_int - 10) / $common::sizeof_int;
-my $signature_format_v1 = "x1024 I I I I125"; # bootbits, version, last_page, nr_badpages, padding
+my $signature_format_v1 = "x1024 I I I I125"; #- bootbits, version, last_page, nr_badpages, padding
 
 1;
 
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ sub check_blocks {
 	vec($signature_page, $i, 1) = bool($last_read_ok) if $version == 0;
     }
 
-    # TODO: add interface
+    #- TODO: add interface
     
     $badpages and log::l("$badpages bad pages\n");
     return $badpages;
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ sub make($;$) {
 
     syswrite(F, substr($signature_page, $offset)) or die "unable to write signature page: $!";
 
-    # A subsequent swapon() will fail if the signature is not actually on disk. (This is a kernel bug.)
+    #- A subsequent swapon() will fail if the signature is not actually on disk. (This is a kernel bug.)
     syscall_('fsync', fileno(F)) or die "fsync failed: $!";
     close F;
 }
diff --git a/perl-install/unused/cdrom.pm b/perl-install/unused/cdrom.pm
index 46bb4fc3f..6ba5f5152 100644
--- a/perl-install/unused/cdrom.pm
+++ b/perl-install/unused/cdrom.pm
@@ -30,11 +30,11 @@ sub findSCSIcdrom {
 
 sub setupCDdevice {
     my ($cddev, $dl) = @_;
-    #TODO
+    #-TODO
 }
 
 sub removeCDmodule {
-    # this wil fail silently if no CD module has been loaded 
+    #- this wil fail silently if no CD module has been loaded 
     removeDeviceDriver('cdrom');
     1;
 }
diff --git a/perl-install/unused/scsi.pm b/perl-install/unused/scsi.pm
index 77fe8fe44..1b185a8ad 100644
--- a/perl-install/unused/scsi.pm
+++ b/perl-install/unused/scsi.pm
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ sub ideGetDevices {
 
     -r "/proc/ide" or die "sorry, /proc/ide not available, seems like you have a pre-2.2 kernel\n => not handled yet :(";
 
-    # Great. 2.2 kernel, things are much easier and less error prone. 
+    #- Great. 2.2 kernel, things are much easier and less error prone. 
     foreach my $d (glob_('/proc/ide/hd*')) {
 	my ($t) = chop_(cat_("$d/media"));
 	my $type = $ {{disk => 'hd', cdrom => 'cdrom', tape => 'tape', floppy => 'fd'}}{$t} or next;
@@ -93,8 +93,8 @@ sub dac960GetDevices {
     local *F;
     open F, $file or die "Failed to open $file: $!";
 
-    # We are looking for lines of this format:DAC960#0:
-    # /dev/rd/c0d0: RAID-7, Online, 17928192 blocks, Write Thru0123456790123456789012    
+    #- We are looking for lines of this format:DAC960#0:
+    #- /dev/rd/c0d0: RAID-7, Online, 17928192 blocks, Write Thru0123456790123456789012    
     foreach (<F>) {
 	my ($devicename, $info) = m|/dev/rd/(.*?): (.*?),| or next;
 	push @idi, { info => $info, type => 'hd', devicename => $devicename };