Rework default partition table (#3197)

archinstall/lib/disk/device_handler.py

@@ -52,12 +52,17 @@ class DeviceHandler:
 
 	def __init__(self) -> None:
 		self._devices: dict[Path, BDevice] = {}
+		self._partition_table = PartitionTable.default()
 		self.load_devices()
 
 	@property
 	def devices(self) -> list[BDevice]:
 		return list(self._devices.values())
 
+	@property
+	def partition_table(self) -> PartitionTable:
+		return self._partition_table
+
 	def load_devices(self) -> None:
 		block_devices = {}
 
@@ -86,7 +91,7 @@ class DeviceHandler:
 				if dev_lsblk_info.pttype:
 					disk = newDisk(device)
 				else:
-					disk = freshDisk(device, PartitionTable.GPT.value)
+					disk = freshDisk(device, self.partition_table.value)
 			except DiskException as err:
 				debug(f'Unable to get disk from {device.path}: {err}')
 				continue
@@ -702,18 +707,15 @@ class DeviceHandler:
 		"""
 		Create a partition table on the block device and create all partitions.
 		"""
-		if modification.wipe:
+		partition_table = partition_table or self.partition_table
-			if partition_table is None:
-				raise ValueError('Modification is marked as wipe but no partitioning table was provided')
-
-			if partition_table.is_mbr() and len(modification.partitions) > 3:
-				raise DiskError('Too many partitions on disk, MBR disks can only have 3 primary partitions')
 
 		# WARNING: the entire device will be wiped and all data lost
 		if modification.wipe:
+			if partition_table.is_mbr() and len(modification.partitions) > 3:
+				raise DiskError('Too many partitions on disk, MBR disks can only have 3 primary partitions')
+
 			self.wipe_dev(modification.device)
-			part_table = partition_table.value if partition_table else None
+			disk = freshDisk(modification.device.disk.device, partition_table.value)
-			disk = freshDisk(modification.device.disk.device, part_table)
 		else:
 			info(f'Use existing device: {modification.device_path}')
 			disk = modification.device.disk

archinstall/lib/disk/filesystem.py

@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ from ..models.device_model import (
 	LvmVolume,
 	LvmVolumeGroup,
 	PartitionModification,
-	PartitionTable,
 	SectorSize,
 	Size,
 	Unit,
@@ -61,14 +60,13 @@ class FilesystemHandler:
 
 		# Setup the blockdevice, filesystem (and optionally encryption).
 		# Once that's done, we'll hand over to perform_installation()
-		partition_table = PartitionTable.default()
 
 		# make sure all devices are unmounted
 		for mod in device_mods:
 			device_handler.umount_all_existing(mod.device_path)
 
 		for mod in device_mods:
-			device_handler.partition(mod, partition_table=partition_table)
+			device_handler.partition(mod)
 
 		device_handler.udev_sync()
 

archinstall/lib/interactions/disk_conf.py

@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ from archinstall.lib.models.device_model import (
 from archinstall.lib.output import debug
 from archinstall.tui import Alignment, FrameProperties, MenuItem, MenuItemGroup, Orientation, PreviewStyle, ResultType, SelectMenu
 
-from ..hardware import SysInfo
 from ..output import FormattedOutput
 from ..utils.util import prompt_dir
 
@@ -354,7 +353,7 @@ def suggest_single_disk_layout(
 
 	device_modification = DeviceModification(device, wipe=True)
 
-	using_gpt = SysInfo.has_uefi()
+	using_gpt = device_handler.partition_table.is_gpt()
 
 	if using_gpt:
 		available_space = available_space.gpt_end()
@@ -515,7 +514,7 @@ def suggest_multi_disk_layout(
 	root_device_sector_size = root_device_modification.device.device_info.sector_size
 	home_device_sector_size = home_device_modification.device.device_info.sector_size
 
-	using_gpt = SysInfo.has_uefi()
+	using_gpt = device_handler.partition_table.is_gpt()
 
 	# add boot partition to the root device
 	boot_partition = _boot_partition(root_device_sector_size, using_gpt)

archinstall/lib/models/device_model.py

@@ -144,8 +144,6 @@ class DiskLayoutConfiguration:
 			device_modification.partitions = device_partitions
 			device_modifications.append(device_modification)
 
-		using_gpt = SysInfo.has_uefi()
-
 		for dev_mod in device_modifications:
 			dev_mod.partitions.sort(key=lambda p: (not p.is_delete(), p.start))
 
@@ -186,8 +184,9 @@ class DiskLayoutConfiguration:
 
 			last = create_partitions[-1]
 			total_size = dev_mod.device.device_info.total_size
-			if using_gpt and last.end > total_size.gpt_end():
+			if dev_mod.using_gpt(device_handler.partition_table):
-				raise ValueError('Partition overlaps backup GPT header')
+				if last.end > total_size.gpt_end():
+					raise ValueError('Partition overlaps backup GPT header')
 			elif last.end > total_size.align():
 				raise ValueError('Partition too large for device')
 
@@ -202,6 +201,9 @@ class PartitionTable(Enum):
 	GPT = 'gpt'
 	MBR = 'msdos'
 
+	def is_gpt(self) -> bool:
+		return self == PartitionTable.GPT
+
 	def is_mbr(self) -> bool:
 		return self == PartitionTable.MBR
 
@@ -1359,6 +1361,12 @@ class DeviceModification:
 	def device_path(self) -> Path:
 		return self.device.device_info.path
 
+	def using_gpt(self, partition_table: PartitionTable) -> bool:
+		if self.wipe:
+			return partition_table.is_gpt()
+
+		return self.device.disk.type == PartitionTable.GPT.value
+
 	def add_partition(self, partition: PartitionModification) -> None:
 		self.partitions.append(partition)