Re: F21 partitioning circus

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On Sun, Feb 22, 2015 at 08:08:14PM +0100, Heinz Diehl wrote:
> > There's no actual advantage of primary partitions on linux anyway.
> > Extlinux depends on primary partitions, but GRUB doesn't.
> The thing is that I no longer have the freedom to do what I want when
> installing (unless I've missed something crucial). If there is an
> advantage in using other partition schemes is another question.

They're actually quite related. The installer UI is intended* to
present meaningful decisions, and make those choices easier and more
straightforward by not necessarily offering all the possibilities when
the result is effectively the same.

You can, however, pre-partition your system and use those partitions,
or use kickstart to partition very flexibly.



* how well it succeeds _is_ another question.

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