Fedora Coverstory in Linux Format

Ian Malone ibmalone at gmail.com
Thu Nov 16 15:12:38 UTC 2006


On 16/11/06, David G. Miller <dave at davenjudy.org> wrote:
> "Ian Malone" <ibmalone at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > 2. Anaconda apparently doesn't allow partitioning of discs
> >    (?!!!, either something has changed since FC5 or they
> >     couldn't find the feature, in which case it needs to be
> >     easier to find doesn't it?)
> I guess it was all in my imagination when I tweaked the partitioning on
> my laptop when I installed FC6.  The partitioning installation page
> gives you choices like: take over that hard disk, keep existing
> partitioning or "custom partitioning."  Only if you select "custom
> partitioning" does the installer give you a chance to screw things up
> with disk druid if you don't know what you're doing.
>
> I'd say it's a feature.
>

That's the experience I remember from every RH/FC install I've
done (RH8to FC5, although maybe it wasn't the case with some
of the earlier ones).  Hence my '?!!!', looks like they've made a
pretty serious factual error.

-- 
imalone




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