dpkg/methods/hd.setup

#!/bin/perl
#
#	Copyright (C) 1994 Carl Streeter <streeter@cae.wisc.edu>
#
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$vardir = $ARGV[0];
print "Is the partition to install from mounted? [Y] ";
$ans = <STDIN>;
if ($ans =~ /^[Nn]/) {
	do {
		do {
			print "Which device should I mount?  /dev/";
			$drive = <STDIN>;
			chop $drive;
			$drive =~ tr/[A-Z]/[a-z]/;
		} while (! -b "/dev/$drive");
	
		$mpoint = "/mnt";
		do {
			print "Where should I mount it? (Please use full path) [$mpoint] ";
			$newmp = <STDIN>;
			chop $newmp;
			$mpoint = $newmp if ($newmp !~ /^$/);
		} while (($mpoint !~ ?^/?) || (! -d $mpoint)); 
	
		print "These filesystems are available:";
		open(FILESYS, "</proc/filesystems");
		$systems = " ";
		while (<FILESYS>) {
			next if /^nodev/;
			chop;
			/(\w+)/;
			$systems .= "$1 ";
		}
		print "$systems\n";
		do {
			print "What filesystem is the partition to mount? [ext2] ";
			$filesys = <STDIN>;
			chop $filesys;
			$filesys = "ext2" if ($filesys =~ /^$/);
			$filesys =~ tr/[A-Z]/[a-z]/;
		} while ($systems !~ /\s$filesys\s/);

		do {
			print "Any other options for mount? ";
			print "(eg. '-o ro' for cdrom, must start with '-') [] ";
			$opts = <STDIN>;
			chop $opts;
		} while ($opts !~ /^$/ && $opts !~ /^\-/);
	
		$command = "/bin/mount -t $filesys $opts /dev/$drive $mpoint";
		print "I will now run \"$command\"\n";
	#	system("$command");
	} while ($?);
} 				# I never knew how hard I could make it to mount a drive. 

# Assumedly, the drive is now mounted

open (STATUS, ">$vardir/methods/hd/hd.status") || die "Can't open hd.status";
do {
	print "What is the full path to the 'available' file?\n";
	print "This file is found as Packages on the ftp site and CDROM";
	print "Use 'none' if you don't have one.";
	$avail = <STDIN>;
	chop $avail;
} while (! -f $avail || $avail !~ ?^/? || $avail !~ /none/);

do{
	print "What is the full path to the base directory ";
	print "containing the .deb packages?\n";
	$debpath = <STDIN>;
	chop $debpath;
} while(! -d $debpath || $debpath !~ ?^/?);

print STATUS "AVAIL:   $avail\n";
print STATUS "DEBDIR:  $debpath\n";
close (STATUS);
exit (0);