Tim wrote: > On Sun, 2006-04-02 at 18:35 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > >>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 know what you mean. Over the last several versions I've tried, > there's options to: > > Reuse and repartition an entire drive. > Reuse and repartition Linux partitions. > Use spare space. > > But no option to take an already partitioned drive, and use the > partitions as you see fit. It's this tomfoolery that makes it next to > impossible to keep a /home partition when doing a fresh install. A > fresh install ought to let you just format some partitions, leave others > alone, and install where you want. Your idea about upgrading from FCx > to FCy might well be to format the existing /, /usr/ & /var/ partitions, > keep /home/ as-is, but the installation routine makes it damn difficult. > You have to create some partitions to keep the routine happy, and if you > have nothing free to begin with, you're hosed. > > I've not struck this problem installing other OS. It's my choice > whether to repartition, or not. It's my choice whether to format, or > not. It's my choice what goes onto what partition. > This is nonsense. When I installed FC5 at home I booted the first CD with "linux askmethod" and I was given the opportunity to reuse already formatted partitions, just reformat partitions without repartitioning (which is what I did), or repartition. For the latter choice I could have chosen to let anaconda do the partitioning or I could have done it myself. And it was also possible to do combinations of reformatting existing partitions and just reusing them (e.g. leave /home allone and reformat / and /boot). It's all there. It may be true that you don't get the choice by default (I don't know, I didn't try the default), but in at least some of the boot options from the install CD, you do have the possibility. -- Sjoerd Mullender
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