On Sun, Jan 1, 2017 at 1:01 PM, Mayavimmer <mayavimmer@xxxxxxxxx> 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. Well you really only get a true manual override with CLI installation. Any function in a GUI installer requires coding. Manual overrides involve some of the most complex coding, error handling, and sanity checks, with a very high degree of liability that I think it's not worth any GUI installer having such capability. The most reliable installer examples have essentially no options, and definitely nothing that really looks like a manual override such as what Anaconda offers. And yet they'll do what you're asking for. A literal manual override for everything is highly overrated, and with all the installer testing and bug filing I've done and looking at myriad use cases, it's just not worth it. It'd have been easier to just have a bunch of use case pop-ups for automatic partitioning presets. -- Chris Murphy _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
