feat(install): choose system and app-data disks independently; theme the dropdown

Two fixes.

The wizard's "new apps store their data on" dropdown was a bare native
<select>. The OS draws that popup and ignores our CSS, which is why it
came out as stock white chrome — the WebUI already solves this with
custom-select.js, which enhances any select.form-control into a themed
button and list. It just needed the class.

And the installer now asks for the two roots independently rather than
only app data. I had argued one question was simpler, and for a desktop
it is — the control plane is ~20 MB and moving it gains nothing. But on a
small board with an 8 GB eMMC and a USB SSD you want both moved, and
there was no way to say so without knowing the flags exist. Still one
disk list and two short questions; each is skipped if its flag was
already passed.

Fixed a bug the test caught immediately: _initAskDisk returns the chosen
path on stdout, and it was printing the prompt there too, so the question
text became part of the answer — the system root ended up named after its
own prompt. Prompts go to stderr now, stdout is the return channel.

Verified every combination under a pty: both default, apps only, both
moved, system only, and invalid-then-valid.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
This commit is contained in:
librelad 2026-08-26 03:48:55 +01:00
parent 8d41b98497
commit 3034eaf4c7
4 changed files with 82 additions and 49 deletions

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@ -295,11 +295,7 @@ body.setup-wizard-open {
.setup-field input[type=text],
.setup-field input[type=email],
/* The storage default's select is outside .setup-field (it is a row, not a
labelled field), so it would otherwise render as a raw native dropdown
white box, wrong font against the glass panel. Share the styling. */
.setup-field select,
.setup-storage-default select {
.setup-field select {
width: 100%;
background: rgba(var(--text-rgb), 0.06);
border: 1px solid rgba(var(--text-rgb), 0.12);
@ -316,8 +312,7 @@ body.setup-wizard-open {
.setup-field input[type=text]:focus,
.setup-field input[type=email]:focus,
.setup-field select:focus,
.setup-storage-default select:focus {
.setup-field select:focus {
outline: none;
background: rgba(var(--text-rgb), 0.10);
border-color: rgba(var(--accent-rgb), 0.55);
@ -1390,4 +1385,9 @@ body.setup-wizard-open .eo-modal { z-index: 10000; }
margin-top: 12px;
}
.setup-storage-default-label { font-size: 0.92em; opacity: 0.9; }
.setup-storage-default select { flex: 1; min-width: 180px; }
/* custom-select.js replaces the native popup (the OS draws that one and
ignores our CSS) with a themed button + list. It enhances any
select.form-control, so the class is what makes this match the wizard's
other dropdowns rather than showing stock white chrome. */
.setup-storage-default select,
.setup-storage-default .custom-select { flex: 1; min-width: 180px; }

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@ -593,7 +593,7 @@ class SetupWizard {
box.style.display = '';
box.innerHTML = `
<span class="setup-storage-default-label">New apps store their data on</span>
<select id="sw-storage-default-select">
<select id="sw-storage-default-select" class="form-control">
${opts.map(o => `<option value="${this.escapeHtml(o.value)}"${o.value === this.storageDefault ? ' selected' : ''}>${this.escapeHtml(o.label)}</option>`).join('')}
</select>`;

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@ -26,23 +26,29 @@ login), installs LibrePortal, and prints the WebUI address + a generated passwor
### Put data where you want it (separate disks, external drives)
**The installer just asks.** If it finds a second drive, it offers it for app
data before installing anything:
**The installer just asks.** If it finds another drive, it offers it before
installing anything — one list, two independent questions:
```
Where should app data live?
Where should LibrePortal keep things?
1) This disk (default) 911.9G 808.4G free
2) /mnt/bigdisk 3.6T 3.6T free
LibrePortal itself stays on this disk either way — only app data moves.
LibrePortal itself — settings, database, logs. Around 20 MB, and it stays small.
Choose [1]:
App data — everything your apps store. This is the one that grows.
Choose [1]:
```
They're separate on purpose. On a desktop you usually only move the second. On
a small board with an 8 GB eMMC and a USB SSD you move both.
It picks a subdirectory on the drive you choose, never the mount point itself,
and skips the question entirely when there is nothing else to choose, when you
passed `--containers-dir`, or when running unattended.
and skips a question when the matching flag was already passed — or the whole
thing when there is nothing else to choose, no terminal, or you're running
unattended.
The three roots below are still there for scripted installs:

95
init.sh
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@ -188,32 +188,38 @@ libreportalDerivePaths() {
}
libreportalDerivePaths
# Interactive disk picker for app data.
# Interactive disk picker, in the shape an OS installer asks it.
#
# The --containers-dir flag has existed for a while, but someone running the
# curl|bash installer never learns it exists — so a box with a 4 TB disk sitting
# next to a small system SSD quietly put everything on the SSD. This asks, once,
# in the shape an OS installer asks it.
# --system-dir/--containers-dir have existed for a while and nobody running the
# curl|bash installer ever learned they existed, so a box with a 4 TB disk beside
# a small system SSD quietly put everything on the SSD.
#
# Two roots, asked independently, because they are genuinely different choices:
# the control plane is ~20 MB and never grows, while app data is what becomes
# terabytes. On a normal desktop only the second matters; on an SBC with a small
# eMMC and a USB SSD you want both moved. Backups stay on --backups-dir, which
# is a scripted-install concern rather than a first-run one.
#
# Deliberately narrow:
# * app data only. The control plane is ~20 MB and never grows; the thing
# worth placing is the data. Offering three roots would be three questions
# to answer badly.
# * skipped entirely when unattended, when --containers-dir was passed, when
# there is no TTY, or when there is nothing else to choose. A prompt with
# one answer is not a question.
# * one disk list, two short questions. Three questions nobody can answer at
# that moment is worse than a flag they never see.
# * a SUBDIRECTORY on the chosen disk, never its mount point — that keeps the
# "root only ever takes an empty directory" rule intact and leaves anything
# already on the disk alone.
# * candidates exclude anything on the same filesystem as /, since placing
# data there gains nothing.
#
# Self-contained (findmnt only), like the rest of init.sh: scripts/ is not
# Skipped when unattended, with no TTY, when the matching flag was already
# passed, or when the scan finds nothing else — a prompt with one possible
# answer is not a question. Self-contained (findmnt only): scripts/ is not
# necessarily loadable this early.
initPickContainersDir()
initPickRoots()
{
[[ "$init_unattended_mode" == true ]] && return 0
[[ -n "${LP_CONTAINERS_DIR_EXPLICIT:-}" ]] && return 0
[[ -t 0 && -t 1 ]] || return 0
command -v findmnt >/dev/null 2>&1 || return 0
# Nothing left to ask?
[[ -n "${LP_SYSTEM_DIR_EXPLICIT:-}" && -n "${LP_CONTAINERS_DIR_EXPLICIT:-}" ]] && return 0
local sys_dev; sys_dev=$(stat -c '%d' -- / 2>/dev/null)
local -a paths=() labels=()
@ -239,7 +245,7 @@ initPickContainersDir()
squashfs|overlay|overlay2|aufs|tmpfs|devtmpfs|ramfs|iso9660|udf|vfat|exfat|ntfs|ntfs3|msdos|fuseblk|"") continue ;;
esac
dev=$(stat -c '%d' -- "$target" 2>/dev/null)
[[ -n "$dev" && "$dev" == "$sys_dev" ]] && continue # same disk as / — no gain
[[ -n "$dev" && "$dev" == "$sys_dev" ]] && continue
paths+=("$target")
labels+=("$(printf '%-24s %-8s %s free' "$target" "${size:-?}" "${avail:-?}")")
done < <(findmnt -Pno TARGET,SOURCE,FSTYPE,SIZE,AVAIL 2>/dev/null)
@ -251,7 +257,7 @@ initPickContainersDir()
root_avail=$(findmnt -no AVAIL --target / 2>/dev/null | tail -1)
echo ""
isHeader "Where should app data live?"
isHeader "Where should LibrePortal keep things?"
echo ""
printf ' %s %-24s %-8s %s free\n' "1)" "This disk (default)" "${root_size:-?}" "${root_avail:-?}"
local i
@ -259,22 +265,43 @@ initPickContainersDir()
printf ' %s %s\n' "$((i + 2)))" "${labels[$i]}"
done
echo ""
echo " LibrePortal itself stays on this disk either way — only app data moves."
echo ""
local choice=""
isQuestion "Choose [1]:"
read -r choice
echo ""
[[ -z "$choice" || "$choice" == "1" ]] && return 0
if ! [[ "$choice" =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]] || (( choice < 2 || choice > ${#paths[@]} + 1 )); then
isNotice "Not a listed option — using this disk."
return 0
# Ask for one root. Echoes the chosen mount point on STDOUT, or nothing for
# "this disk". Everything the human reads goes to stderr — stdout is the
# return channel here, and prompting on it makes the prompt part of the
# answer.
_initAskDisk() {
local prompt="$1" choice=""
echo "$prompt" >&2
isQuestion "Choose [1]:" >&2
read -r choice
echo "" >&2
[[ -z "$choice" || "$choice" == "1" ]] && return 0
if ! [[ "$choice" =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]] || (( choice < 2 || choice > ${#paths[@]} + 1 )); then
isNotice "Not a listed option — using this disk." >&2
return 0
fi
printf '%s' "${paths[$((choice - 2))]}"
}
local chosen
if [[ -z "${LP_SYSTEM_DIR_EXPLICIT:-}" ]]; then
chosen=$(_initAskDisk "LibrePortal itself — settings, database, logs. Around 20 MB, and it stays small.")
if [[ -n "$chosen" ]]; then
LP_SYSTEM_DIR="${chosen%/}/libreportal-system"
isSuccessful "LibrePortal will live in $LP_SYSTEM_DIR"
fi
fi
local chosen="${paths[$((choice - 2))]}"
LP_CONTAINERS_DIR="${chosen%/}/libreportal-containers"
isSuccessful "App data will live in $LP_CONTAINERS_DIR"
if [[ -z "${LP_CONTAINERS_DIR_EXPLICIT:-}" ]]; then
chosen=$(_initAskDisk "App data — everything your apps store. This is the one that grows.")
if [[ -n "$chosen" ]]; then
LP_CONTAINERS_DIR="${chosen%/}/libreportal-containers"
isSuccessful "App data will live in $LP_CONTAINERS_DIR"
fi
fi
unset -f _initAskDisk
return 0
}
@ -365,7 +392,7 @@ for ((i=1; i<=$#; i++)); do
# Relocatable roots (=form keeps the single-token shift logic). Validated
# by libreportalValidatePaths before any folder is created. Can also be set
# via the LP_*_DIR environment.
--system-dir=*) LP_SYSTEM_DIR="${!i#*=}"; ((init_shift_count++)) ;;
--system-dir=*) LP_SYSTEM_DIR="${!i#*=}"; LP_SYSTEM_DIR_EXPLICIT=1; ((init_shift_count++)) ;;
--containers-dir=*) LP_CONTAINERS_DIR="${!i#*=}"; LP_CONTAINERS_DIR_EXPLICIT=1; ((init_shift_count++)) ;;
--backups-dir=*) LP_BACKUPS_DIR="${!i#*=}"; ((init_shift_count++)) ;;
--manager-user=*) LP_MANAGER_USER="${!i#*=}"; ((init_shift_count++)) ;;
@ -2000,10 +2027,10 @@ if [[ $EUID -ne 0 ]]; then
exit 1
else
if [[ "$param1" == "init" ]]; then
# Ask where app data goes before anything is validated or created.
# No-op when unattended, when --containers-dir was passed, or when
# there is only one possible answer.
initPickContainersDir
# Ask where things go before anything is validated or created.
# No-op when unattended, when the flags were passed, or when there
# is only one possible answer.
initPickRoots
libreportalDerivePaths
# Validate the chosen install roots before creating/baking anything.