On Friday, January 23, 2015 11:15:02 AM T.C. Hollingsworth wrote: > On Jan 23, 2015 3:37 AM, "Sudhir Khanger" <ml@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hello, > > > > 1. Anaconda changes X in sdaX. If you make a choice on order of /boot, > > swap, > > > and / partitions, Anaconda changes the order. As long as layout is valid > > why > > > does Anaconda has to change it. > > IIRC it likes to put /boot near the beginning because some old BIOSes > refuse to boot if it is too far into the disk. > > In practical terms very few people care what order their partitions are and > would rather have their system boot than anaconda be super pedantic about > the order in which you created the partitions in the GUI. :-) > > If you must have a particular partition order you can use a kickstart file > or partition your drive with your favorite CLI or GUI partition manager > first and use anaconda only to assign mount points. > > > 2. 4 primary partitions are allowed on a disk. If I do that Anaconda > > changes > > > it to 3 primary and 1 logical partition. Why? > > As Rex pointed out, if you do that you won't be able to add another one > later. A long time ago, I forgot about the 4 partition rule with old > anaconda, which happily allowed you to do this, and it was a giant PITA > later on when I decided to add another partition. (For my next install I > used LVM and haven't looked back. :-) > > Again, if you really want to do this, use kickstart or partition outside of > anaconda first. > > With regards to these two: Anaconda is an OS installer, not a general > partition manager. It therefore tries not to give you too much rope to > hang yourself with, and makes executive decisions about minor details like > partition numbers that 99% of users could care less about. > > But if you don't like its decisions you're not forced to use it; just use > what you want first instead. Anaconda will not touch an existing partition > layout unless you tell it to. > I choose manual partitioning for a specific reason. When I choose manual partitioning I expect it to let me make legal decisions about partitioning. The last time I installed Fedora 21 Anaconda was dead set to stick a data partition between two system partitions. And 99% of users would care about partition numbers because a data partition between two system partitions or sticking swap between a bunch of data partitions makes it impossible to shrink/extend/merge without too much hassle. > > 3. There is no option to create a partition and leave it for future use. > > How > > > do I create a partition and not have to use it immediately. > > This sounds perfectly reasonable. If anaconda doesn't let you create a > partition without assigning a mount point, file a feature request in > bugzilla. > > In the meantime, you can just remove the unwanted entry from /etc/fstab, or > again, kickstart or parted first. > > -T.C. Thanks. I will do that. Anacoda is the weakest link in Fedora toolchain. The non-linear UI is completely non-intuitive and not to mention it being GTK+ means it will keep breaking in non-GNOME environments. -- Regards, Sudhir Khanger, sudhirkhanger.com, github.com/donniezazen, 5577 8CDB A059 085D 1D60 807F 8C00 45D9 F5EF C394.
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