3 files changed, 14 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/perl-install/common.pm b/perl-install/common.pm
index 4220b06d7..fbaf4cd80 100644
--- a/perl-install/common.pm
+++ b/perl-install/common.pm
@@ -131,9 +131,9 @@ sub before_leaving(&) {
 sub catch_cdie(&&) {
     my ($f, $catch) = @_;
 
+    local @common::cdie_catches;
     unshift @common::cdie_catches, $catch;
     &$f();
-    shift @common::cdie_catches;
 }
 
 sub cdie {
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ sub cdie {
     foreach (@common::cdie_catches) {
 	&{$_}(@_) and return;
     }
-    die @_;
+    die join '', @_;
 }
 
 sub all {
diff --git a/perl-install/fsedit.pm b/perl-install/fsedit.pm
index 6d07796d6..fc555c056 100644
--- a/perl-install/fsedit.pm
+++ b/perl-install/fsedit.pm
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package fsedit;
 use diagnostics;
 use strict;
 
-use common qw(:common :constant);
+use common qw(:common :constant :functional);
 use partition_table qw(:types);
 use partition_table_raw;
 use Data::Dumper;
@@ -50,10 +50,8 @@ sub hds($$) {
 
 	eval { partition_table::read($hd, $flags->{clearall}) }; 
 	if ($@) {
-#	    $@ =~ /bad magic number/ or die;
-	    $flags->{eraseBadPartitions} ?
-	      partition_table_raw::zero_MBR($hd) :
-	      die;
+	    &cdie($@) unless $flags->{eraseBadPartitions};
+	    partition_table_raw::zero_MBR($hd);
 	}
 	push @hds, $hd;
     }
diff --git a/perl-install/install2.pm b/perl-install/install2.pm
index 9f64b17ee..bafaa515d 100644
--- a/perl-install/install2.pm
+++ b/perl-install/install2.pm
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use diagnostics;
 use strict;
 use vars qw($o);
 
-use common qw(:common :file :system);
+use common qw(:common :file :system :functional);
 use install_any qw(:all);
 use log;
 use network;
@@ -282,7 +282,14 @@ sub setupSCSI {
 
 sub partitionDisks {
     $o->{drives} = [ detect_devices::hds() ];
-    $o->{hds} = fsedit::hds($o->{drives}, $o->{default}{partitioning});
+    $o->{hds} = catch_cdie { fsedit::hds($o->{drives}, $o->{default}{partitioning}) }
+      sub {
+	  $o->ask_warn(_("Error"), 
+_("I can't read your partition table, it's too corrupted for me :(
+I'll try to go on blanking bad partitions"));
+	  1;
+      };
+
     unless (@{$o->{hds}} > 0) {
 	$o->setupSCSI if $o->{autoSCSI}; # ask for an unautodetected scsi card
     }