On 01/01/2017 21:45, JD wrote: > > > On 01/01/2017 01:01 PM, Mayavimmer wrote: >> On 01/01/2017 18:39, Michael Schwendt wrote: >>> 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! >> As soon as I can. I already gave some details in the other sister >> threads yesterday. >> >>>> 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? >> Same exact sentiment, sir. It's ok if the poor little AI in the >> installer can't hack complexity, but don't mess with my sacrosanct right >> to manually override everything. >> >>> 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. >> Only legit hacking. Check. >> >>> Personally, I only share /home and a couple of optional mount points. >> I don't even do that, unless at gunpoint (which was the case recently). >> I prefer separate homes with shared data partitions. > Without having done it myself, I suspect that for the 2nd installation, > grub will > make write into /boot/grub2/grub.cfg file an entry that is similar to > the entry it makes > when it detects a windows bootable partition. > > I am not certain how many bootable partitions per disk grub2 supports. Yes, Chris mentioned similar problems. I don't have a solid enough grasp of the interaction between grub and uefi/bios conventions, but I suspect something similar. > _______________________________________________ > 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
