-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Le 16/07/2013 07:01, Richard Vickery a écrit : > > On Jul 15, 2013 9:56 PM, "Richard Vickery" > <richard.vickeryrv@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:richard.vickeryrv@xxxxxxxxx>> > wrote: >> >> >> On Jul 15, 2013 8:33 PM, "lee" <lee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > <mailto:lee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote: >>> >>> Richard Vickery <richard.vickeryrv@xxxxxxxxx > <mailto:richard.vickeryrv@xxxxxxxxx>> writes: >>> >>>> the installation program gives you everything you need to have >>>> an operational system; after you have it installed: >>>> >>>> fdisk >>>> >>>> is the command to create your much needed / loved partitions >>>> that the installer did not. >>> >>> Well ok, in that case you may be better off running fdisk >>> /before/ installing so that you can install the system onto the >>> partitions you want right away. The installer --- since it comes >>> as part of a live system --- gives you everything you need for >>> that. >>> >>> The question is whether you can get it to use the partitions you >>> created. That was difficult enough even without RAID or LVM. >>> >>> In case I want to install more distributions or a fallback >>> Fedora, I need to tell their installers again where to install >>> what. A universal partitioning tool could save me that. >>> >>> >>> -- Fedora release 19 (Schrödinger’s Cat) -- >> >> There is no real difference between pre-installation and disk / >> cfdisk, > and all post-partitions are as usable as pre-install work. >> >> Why question it? If you are interested in what I see as unnecesary > partitions, just do it. >> >> You are asking the wrong person. I quit worrying about >> pre-partitioning > a 15 years ago because there is no reason to do it anymore. The > installer gives the user all that person requires. >> >> If you really care, please email Adam Williamson for a more >> complete > explanation. >> >> Go watch some YouTube videos on partitioning in Linux? > > I don't go partitioning my hard drive anymore, and the installer > created 2 for me. The installer thinks for you and you're happy... When you reinstall, you recreate your data. You have just a few data? You don't have soft any which are not in the distro? Packagers think for you and you are happy and shout: "long live to Bill Gates!" Lucky man! - -- François Patte UFR de mathématiques et informatique Laboratoire MAP5 --- UMR CNRS 8145 Université Paris Descartes 45, rue des Saints Pères F-75270 Paris Cedex 06 Tél. +33 (0)1 8394 5849 http://www.math-info.univ-paris5.fr/~patte -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAlHmUCkACgkQdE6C2dhV2JUrWgCeP+SW2JuOMQmHcnI4FhHlPAMD EMYAoMx7IX4hIMsBN5OTDGQfL4exjzAS =2Z55 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- 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