On Fri, 2010-06-11 at 13:37 +0200, David Jansen wrote: > I ran into an issue with the installation of Fedora 13. What I was > trying to do was this: install the new version, choose for a custom > layout of the partitions, and then have system stuff like / and /usr > reformatted, but leave /usr/local, /opt, /home and /data partitions > alone to preserve own data and software not installed from rpms. > This is how I have done system upgrades/reinstalls fro years. > > However, with Fedora 13, when I choose the custom install, all my > partitions are marked as type "unknown" and all I can do is select them > and format them, or abort the installation (which I did, of course). > This happens to all partitions, ext3, ext4, swap, and ntfs. > > Is this a known issue (couldn't find anything about it), a boot option I > have missed, or perhaps something specific to the 2 computers where I > tried the installation ?? > > If these partitions were on another disk, I understand I can skip the > disk as a data storage disk which isn't used in partitioning, but > unfortunately, it's not on a separate disk. So, what to do? > > David Jansen > You ar confirming my previous complaint about the partioneer that is presented to you by the installer.I would do the following: 1,Read very carefully section 7.20 in the Installation Guide. 2.When you choose:custom layout did you also click on the review button at the bottom of the page? If you don't you can get the screwy results you report. Again I reject thew contention that using the partitioner is obvious. -- ======================================================================= When you go out to buy, don't show your silver. ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
