> Hi,
>
> More often than not, when installing CentOS, I choose manual partitioning
> and
> then apply the KISS principle, with a very simple partitioning scheme that
> looks more or less like this:
>
> * /boot partition: 500 MB, ext2
> * swap partition: equivalent to amount of RAM
> * root partition: available space, ext4
>
> Now when I do this, Anaconda insists on switching my swap and root
> partitions,
> so instead of this:
>
> * /dev/sda1: boot partition
> * /dev/sda2: swap partition
> * /dev/sda3: root partition
>
> ... I get this:
>
> * /dev/sda1: boot partition
> * /dev/sda2: root partition
> * /dev/sda3: swap partition
>
> Up until now this hasn't bothered me much. But for my needs right now it
> does,
> because I need my root partition to be at the end of the disk, so it can
> be
> expanded later on.
>
> Anyone knows how I can prevent Anaconda from switching my root and swap
> partitions? What I'm doing right now is switching to a text console with
> Ctrl-Alt-F5, manually partition using fdisk, switch back to Anaconda and
> then
> rescan the disk, but it's quite a PITA.
That's exactly what I wanted to suggest you :-)
I never found a better way...
Simon
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