various fixes

[automated-distro-installer] / fai / config / class / 50-host-classes

diff --git a/fai/config/class/50-host-classes b/fai/config/class/50-host-classes
index 49fa2fa6dda7cbf738f60c2a56792bec759d8e9f..4f776f5ea38466e9c31585feefb66fdee42b375d 100755 (executable)
--- a/fai/config/class/50-host-classes
+++ b/fai/config/class/50-host-classes
@@ -27,6 +27,17 @@
 # to have a class of either DEBIAN + (STABLE or STRETCH64),
 # or UBUNTU + XENIAL64.
 #
+# Other notable classes:
+#
+# REPARTITION: we try to reuse partitions/filesystems to install a new
+# os into a multi-os system, if we see some basic hueristics, like the
+# right amount of them. This overrides that.
+#
+# PARTITION_PROMPT: If we don't see partitions to reuuse, prompt
+# to make sure we really want to repartition and use a completely
+# fresh install. I use this in case our repartition check has
+# a bug in it, or I accidentally set REPARTITION.
+#
 # It's shell looks like this:
 # if [[ ! -e /a/bin/fai/fai-wrapper ]]; then
 #     case $HOSTNAME in