On 6/6/07, Browder, Tom <Tom.Browder@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I have worked through MANY redhat and fedora installations over the years, most of them installing new over existing /boot, /, and swap partitions (I always protect my data on their own partition, /usr/local, which is not formatted). It has always been an irritant that a clean install defaults to completely wipe out one's data if not careful. The menu has improved but I would I would like to see the following features for a standard Fedora install: 1. If there are any linux partitions found, the default should be to customize the linux partitions. Let the user change that if desired. 2. During a custom partitioning selection, any existing partition label should be retained, even though the partition is formatted. I will file these as feature requests if there is any support for them on this list. Thanks. -Tom P.S. I have now installed F7 on one laptop (wireless not configured successfully yet, but Matthew Saltzman on this list is helping) and four i86 boxes and am pleased with the results. I had to use a hard drive installation on two old boxes because of the installation failure to recognize the DVD after installation started, but newer boxes have worked fine.
File away! You can also join the fedora-devel-list (Rahul, please modify list if necessary.) and give them your two cents.
