Installer chokes on system with existing Windows
Ray Van Dolson
rvandolson at esri.com
Fri Apr 27 15:22:59 UTC 2007
On Fri, Apr 27, 2007 at 10:34:32AM -0400, Chris Lumens wrote:
> > > #Any invalid partition tables found on disks are initialized.
> > > #This will destroy all of the contents of disks with invalid partition
> > > tables
> > > zerombr yes
> > >
> > > #Erase all partitions
> > > clearpart --all
> >
> > Thanks. So, to clarify; this _won't_ destroy my existing Windows
> > partitions?
> >
> > (I'll just try it I guess)
>
> Woah, don't do that. Those two options will do exactly what they say -
> wipe out everything on all partitions and zero out the MBR. Bad idea.
>
Heh, k. Wouldn't have been the end of the world fortunately. :) So, I
take it this is probably an anaconda/kickstart bug after all then?
Seems like existing partitions should be handled better automatically.
Ray
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