On 07/08/2013 09:23 PM, Frank McCormick wrote: > On 07/08/2013 09:09 PM, Tom Horsley wrote: >> On Mon, 8 Jul 2013 20:55:06 -0400 >> Fred Smith wrote: >> >>> I don't understand,.. I had no trouble installing F19 on a system where >>> I did NOT want to wipe out all the partitions, just some of them... >> How did you get past the screen that only lets you pick a whole disk >> drive then, as the only possible option after that, click "Done"? >> (Or, as I did the first time I saw it, push the reset button :-). >> >> No power on earth could get me to click "Done" under those circumstances >> when installing on a system that contains data I want to preserve. >> Only after trying the install on a totally trashable test system >> did I find that "Done" actually means, "OK, now you get to pick >> partitions." >> >> I don't have enough trust available to believe that they surely >> won't actually wipe out the whole disk (especially when every >> other part of the redesign has been to reduce or eliminate options). > > I thought I was the only one who didn't trust the installer :) > > Took me 3 tries before I finally figured out how to get Fedora 19 > onto a HD > with two clean existing partitions which had been pre-formatted with ext4. > For 10 minutes I lived in fear the installer was going to wipe the disk > clean and > destroy Windows 7 (my wife would have killed me!) . I am retired and > have been around Linux in various > incarnations for close to 15 years.Sorry but it is not user friendly. > But I still love Fedora :) > > I just installed Korora 19 the other day. It must use the same installer, and I went thru the same sort of problems. I had originally created and formatted a / and a /home partition, but I had a devil of a time getting the installer to let me direct the system to these. Whoever is responsible for this installer should be tied in front of a Windows machine for the next 6 months or so as punishment! --doug -- Blessed are the peacemakers..for they shall be shot at from both sides. --A.M.Greeley -- 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 Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
