On Tue, 10 Jan 2012, T.C. Hollingsworth wrote:
On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 7:32 PM, Michael Hennebry
<hennebry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
As my current installation is EOL,
there are things I would like to know before trying to install F16.
Is GPT mandatory?
Ananconda will only use GPT partition tables when completely erasing
the existing partition table or installing on a completely empty
drive. Therefore, you do not have to remove your first partition, and
leaving it will guarantee that your partition table is not converted.
Very good news.
Thank you.
The new lower limit of 1000 for normal user and group IDs is another issue.
The current user has IDs 500 and has rather
a lot of files that I want to keep.
Fedora's documentation says to use a kickstart file to keep 500.
IMHO, it would be easier to change your existing files to use the new
UID. That neatly avoids messing with anaconda/kickstart and ensures
you'll never have to mess with it again on future installs.
That makes sense and I had considered it.
In principle, I know how to do it with the find command,
and I could live with the time-stamp change,
but I approach wide-ranging changes like that
with the aforementioned fear and trepidation.
For me, the issue is what am I least likely to mess up.
Absent something tidier or easier,
my thought would be to make the first user a dummy,
edit the configuration files and add the real user.
That the change seems gratuitous is another reason for feeling stubborn.
Is there really a need for hundreds of fake users?
That being said, you can use a kickstart file from a local disk or the
network, you do not need a floppy drive. For more information, see
the following two sections of the Fedora Installation Guide:
http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/16/html/Installation_Guide/sn-automating-installation.html
http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/16/html/Installation_Guide/s1-kickstart2-startinginstall.html
That still leaves the issue of writing a kickstart file that works.
Each test requires a reboot and might take a long time to reach an error.
I really don't want surprises during an install.
If I am feeling brave, I might try to install from hard disk.
Apparently, one can boot from a minimal CD
and point anaconda at an iso image.
Is this correct?
anaconda apparently only wants the name of the directory.
Does that mean that the DVD's iso image should
be the only file in the directory?
I see occasional references to images.
What are they for and how do they not mess up the finding of the DVD image?
This section of the installation guide explains how to install from an
ISO image on your hard drive in detail:
http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/16/html/Installation_Guide/s1-installationmethod-x86.html
Note that you don't even need a minimal installation CD, though it's a
bit more work:
http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/16/html/Installation_Guide/ap-medialess-install.html
I tried that on the current install.
Before giving up, I barely managed to not throw my computer against a wall,
hence the willingness to use a CD.
--
Michael hennebry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
"On Monday, I'm gonna have to tell my kindergarten class,
whom I teach not to run with scissors,
that my fiance ran me through with a broadsword." -- Lily
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