On Sun, 2006-04-02 at 15:03 -0800, Kam Leo wrote: > On 4/2/06, Craig White <craigwhite@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Sun, 2006-04-02 at 18:35 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > Greetings, here comes YARADD (Yet Another Rant About Disk Druid) or > > > whatever that beast is called now. > > > > > > Howinhell do I use it to do absolutely nothing more to /dev/hdb, which I > > > have already partitioned the way *I* want it, based on the useage > > > pattern I already have on /dev/hda, but to simply remember the mount > > > points name for the construction of /etc/fstab? > > > > > > I want to do an install onto /dev/hdb, and when its done, just move the > > > stuff in /dev/hdb1 (/boot) over to /dev/hda1(/boot) edit the grub.conf > > > and do a dual boot setup. Or maybe even just edit the entries in > > > grub.conf to point at (hd1:0) for the rest of the FC5 boot. > > > > > > >From the text screen this so-called disk configurator makes it rather > > > hard to assure one that its dealing with the partition you selected > > > from the list as anytime you press ok, /dev/hda comes back up > > > highlighted. Thats damned poor form IMO, it should revert to > > > highlighting the partition being addresssed at the moment. > > > > > > So how can I bypass this "thing from hell" and get to actually doing the > > > install, and do it where I want it? > > ---- > > I am confused just trying to read what you are talking about but I am > > gathering that you don't know what you are doing and will put yourself > > in a world of hurt here since it may very well try to 'label' the > > partitions with labels that are already available on /dev/hda > > > > No, Craig, the OP is not confused. The text mode UI took a big hit in > usability. The developers need to revert back to the UI used in > previous releasesI. The results would indicate that very little > testing of text mode installation was perform outside of the > developers group. ---- if you understand his issue - tell him what he should do Craig
