Matthew Saltzman wrote: >> I don't mind the installation suggesting a partitioning scheme, >> but I think it ought to allow users to decide for themselves. > > It does. There was a screen that asked if you wanted the installer to > partition the disk (deleting all partitions or all Linux partitions) or if > you wanted to do so manually. If you pick manual partitioning, you'll see > a tool that shows the current partition structure and allows you to modify > it and assign partitions and LVs to filesystems. I did actually make this choice. (In fact I tried the installation both ways.) I'll look at this again, but as far as I could see the LVs I had created were removed, and I did not see any invitation to create my own. (I expected to be asked where I wanted to mount the LVs I had already created, by analogy with the procedure with "normal" partitions - unless this too has been changed.) IMHO, the people who designed the Fedora installation are under a complete misapprehension of what "newbies" want. I don't think anyone is put off by being given a choice between "default" and "custom" procedures. It should be part of the attraction of Linux that one has several choices. What most people want, I believe, is a clear description of different installation methods, one of which is more or less certain to work. -- Timothy Murphy e-mail (<80k only): tim /at/ birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland
