On 01/01/2017 18:25, stan wrote: > On Sun, 1 Jan 2017 10:10:55 +0100 > Mayavimmer <mayavimmer@xxxxxxxxx> 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. > > That's weird. If it isn't operator error (the interface can be > confusing, especially since it is doing something complicated, and isn't > used often enough to get used to the quirks), then it sounds like a bug. > > But, the better way to do this, is to manually create the partitions > you want for the second install, rsync the original install, and fix > the /etc/fstab. A lot faster. I thought about doing it this way, but was discouraged by the additional steps like, mounting /mnt and possibly binding stuff, grub installing and mkconfigging, fiddling with alternate names in grub.cfg and wondering what happens after the first kernel update, even worse in the EFI case where I don't yet understand what is the efi directory naming convention du jour, etc - you know, all those things an installer really should do, for 4 reasons: 1. It's pretty tedious and error prone. 2. It fiddles with the ugliest area of computerdom outside of the kernel: boot stuff. 3. If you mess up you could do it with flair. 4. Many fast changing technologies are involved simultaneously, and only the upstream distro devs are in a good position to handle synchronization. > > I've run two versions of Fedora doing it this way, when I was going to > upgrade one of them to a later version or rawhide, without problem. > Never tried installing a second version, though I have successfully > installed many times with other versions of Fedora on the system. I > can't think of a reason why installing a second version would be an > issue, but you could open a bugzilla to see what the developers think. > The code is the final arbiter. I'll organize a list of repeatable failure scenarios and gotchas. > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/ > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
