F9 Beta install problem

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2008/3/31, Anne Wilson <cannewilson at googlemail.com>:
>
> I tried to install the Fedora 9 Beta (CD version) onto the ancient laptop
> that
> serves as my tester.  The problem started when I got to the partitioning.
>
> The drive in question is small, with and existing install of Mandriva
> using
> hda5 for / and hda6 for /home.  The choices do not seem to include an
> option
> to keep the partitions, simply reformatting one or both, so I tried the
> custom partitioning.  It asked me where I wanted to install, but simply
> offered hda.  I don't remember clearly (I'll check later if necessary) but
> I
> think there was an Advanced button or similar.  I hit that and got an
> exception fault.  Of course the network is not set up at that point, so
> sening it anywhere is out of the question.  Nor could it be saved, as
> inserting a usb stick is not recognised at that point.
>
> I then started afresh, with a usb stick in place at bootup.  Sure enough
> it
> was offered as one of the available disks.  However, it was still
> impossible
> to save the bug report to the stick.
>
> 1 - I'm greatly concerned that it didn't appear to see the existing
> partitions.
>
> 2 - is there any way at all that I could have captured that output?
>
>
> Anne
>
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