On Sunday 13 July 2008 18:37:08 Bruno Costacurta wrote: > On Sunday 13 July 2008 16:14:36 Timothy Murphy wrote: > > Bruno Costacurta wrote: > > > my PC has three disks. > > > Two of them where previously configured as RAID1+LVM but this > > > configuration was removed since : using fdisk I created other > > > partitions and already installed other distros like Debian and Gentoo > > > (via a single /boot partition shared by all distros via GRUB loader). > > > > > > -- my problem : > > > I'm trying to install Fedora-9 on a specific partition but the Fedora > > > installer (and disk druid) continues to see previous RAID1+LVM and not > > > the specific disks !?! > > > > > > -- my questions : > > > Where does Fedora grab its partition tables ? > > > How to modify / correct partitions if fdisk is not enough for Fedora ? > > > > Why not use the "Custom layout" option? > > That allows you to partition as you please, I think. > > > > Personally, I am not fond of Disk Druid, to put it mildly. > > I always use Knoppix, or something like that, > > to partition as I want, not as some wizard thinks is best for me. > > Then I use Custom Layout when installing Fedora. > > > > Also, I used to be a fan of LVM, but it caused chaos > > on a couple of occasions, so I have abandoned it. > > I wonder if that has happened to many Fedora users? > > I tried the 'Custom layout' option but it did not work at all as it shows > only the first disk (called /dev/sda) of my three disks. > With default option, the installer also shows a previous Linux > device-mapper (with RAID1+LVM based on /dev/sdb + /dev/sdc ) but this was > removed since then via other distros and related installation. > > (Note: I removed the device-mapper using fdisk : is this correct ? Or is > there another way to remove a Linux device-mapper ?) > > My problem is I cannot install Fedora on /dev/sdb or /dev/sdc because > simply its installer cannot see them !?! > > Is there another way to install Fedora ? Meaning without default installer > and related Druid ? (I agree with Timothy as I do not like Druid neither) > > Bye, > Bruno Finally, I was able to install Fedora-9 from a hard drive on which I previously downloaded the .iso file after booting from another distro. (more details on the Feodra doc about installation from hard drive) What I cannot understand it's the same disk that Druid cannot detect via the installer from CD/DVD (whatever option I choose like 'Custom layout') but only show it as some device_mapper_RAID that cannot be read ...!?! Bye, Bruno -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
