From bb4c358617f86f28f3594ce002fda6acedc9fe4d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Crespo <david.crespo@oxidecomputer.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2026 15:36:06 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] help text on disk type radio

---
 app/forms/disk-create.tsx | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/app/forms/disk-create.tsx b/app/forms/disk-create.tsx
index 3682ec596..2626ddd97 100644
--- a/app/forms/disk-create.tsx
+++ b/app/forms/disk-create.tsx
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import { SideModalFormDocs } from '~/ui/lib/ModalLinks'
 import { Radio } from '~/ui/lib/Radio'
 import { RadioGroup } from '~/ui/lib/RadioGroup'
 import { Slash } from '~/ui/lib/Slash'
+import { TextInputHint } from '~/ui/lib/TextInput'
 import { toLocaleDateString } from '~/util/date'
 import { docLinks } from '~/util/links'
 import { diskSizeNearest10 } from '~/util/math'
@@ -248,8 +249,13 @@ const DiskBackendField = ({
     <>
       <div className="max-w-lg space-y-2">
         <FieldLabel id="disk-type-label">Disk type</FieldLabel>
+        <TextInputHint id="disk-type-hint">
+          Most workloads should use distributed disks, which are replicated for resilience.
+          Local disks are designed for fast I/O on temporary data.
+        </TextInputHint>
         <RadioGroup
           aria-labelledby="disk-type-label"
+          aria-describedby="disk-type-hint"
           name="diskBackendType"
           column
           defaultChecked={diskBackend.type}

From 1e005d276c31aa5c5db69cc041405629f191be19 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Crespo <david.crespo@oxidecomputer.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2026 15:39:23 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] do it as a tooltip instead

---
 app/forms/disk-create.tsx | 15 ++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/app/forms/disk-create.tsx b/app/forms/disk-create.tsx
index 2626ddd97..c08699dc6 100644
--- a/app/forms/disk-create.tsx
+++ b/app/forms/disk-create.tsx
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ import { SideModalFormDocs } from '~/ui/lib/ModalLinks'
 import { Radio } from '~/ui/lib/Radio'
 import { RadioGroup } from '~/ui/lib/RadioGroup'
 import { Slash } from '~/ui/lib/Slash'
-import { TextInputHint } from '~/ui/lib/TextInput'
+import { TipIcon } from '~/ui/lib/TipIcon'
 import { toLocaleDateString } from '~/util/date'
 import { docLinks } from '~/util/links'
 import { diskSizeNearest10 } from '~/util/math'
@@ -248,14 +248,15 @@ const DiskBackendField = ({
   return (
     <>
       <div className="max-w-lg space-y-2">
-        <FieldLabel id="disk-type-label">Disk type</FieldLabel>
-        <TextInputHint id="disk-type-hint">
-          Most workloads should use distributed disks, which are replicated for resilience.
-          Local disks are designed for fast I/O on temporary data.
-        </TextInputHint>
+        <FieldLabel id="disk-type-label">
+          Disk type{' '}
+          <TipIcon className="ml-1.5">
+            Most workloads should use distributed disks, which are replicated for
+            resilience. Local disks are designed for fast I/O on temporary data.
+          </TipIcon>
+        </FieldLabel>
         <RadioGroup
           aria-labelledby="disk-type-label"
-          aria-describedby="disk-type-hint"
           name="diskBackendType"
           column
           defaultChecked={diskBackend.type}

From 936c546f6f9eb78815ff86640f73c6078e30cd9b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Crespo <david.crespo@oxidecomputer.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2026 15:44:16 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] only disks that can be snapshotted are listed

---
 app/forms/snapshot-create.tsx | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/app/forms/snapshot-create.tsx b/app/forms/snapshot-create.tsx
index 7c9ab1b5d..525f7d86d 100644
--- a/app/forms/snapshot-create.tsx
+++ b/app/forms/snapshot-create.tsx
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ export default function SnapshotCreate() {
       <ComboboxField
         label="Disk"
         name="disk"
+        description="Only disks that can be snapshotted are listed"
         placeholder="Select a disk"
         items={diskItemsForCombobox}
         required