On Sun, 1 Jan 2017 11:23:27 -0500, Matthew Miller wrote: > On Sun, Jan 01, 2017 at 10:10:55AM +0100, Mayavimmer wrote: > > I tried to do an identical second install on the same machine, but the > > installer Anaconda gives an error about being unable to set a root > > partition. > > This isn't _forbidden_, but it also isn't something we test offically — > and in fact I'm not sure if anyone has actually tested it ever. I do manual installs like that regularly. Hence the earlier requests for details. The original post doesn't give enough details. I could have answered "yes" to the $subject, and yet there might be installation scenarios where the installer fails. More details needed! > So, while I don't see why it couldn't be made to work, I also am not > surprised to hear it doesn't. It's the opposite here. I'm surprised manual partitioning would fail. If you point the installer at usable partitions for / and /boot, why would it fail? Of course, some users try to set up dubious/questionable environments to begin with, such as /boot shared by multiple distributions and things like that. Personally, I only share /home and a couple of optional mount points. _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx