On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 2:10 AM, Andrew R Paterson <andy.paterson@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I have to say I find this disucssion interesting.... > I have spent what amounts to a small fortune (for me!) making sure that when I > upgrade from one version of LINUX to another (initially slackware but so far > fedora 9 - 20) that I can minimise the risk of (anaconda or whatever the > current installer might be) deciding in its wisdom whilst doing the > partitioning that it thinks best, blowing away my /opt and/home partitions - It's comments like this that make me want to grab a metal bucket, put it on my head, and start hitting myself with a mallet. To delete and existing /opt or /home requires explicit user intervention for this to happen. It doesn't happen by itself. You have to a.) click the mount point, b.) click the minus (-) button to indicate you want it removed, and c.) the installer produces a dialog indicating it's going to be deleted, along with a cancel button, and d.) the installer produces a summary of changes at the very end of the Manual Partitioning process THAT FUCKING HIGHLIGHTS THIS SHIT IN RED LETTERS indicating it will be deleted. So what is it *EXACTLY* that you're experiencing? And what is it *EXACTLY* you think you should experience instead? If you can't do that, please stop offering opinions about how you need to minimize risk due to the installer. This the compsci equivalent of hypochondria... > which have nearly 20 years of accumulated digital clutter! And you have backups right? Because by definition it's not important unless you have backups. -- Chris Murphy -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
