On Fri, 2012-11-30 at 19:39 +0100, Michael Schwendt wrote: > On Fri, 30 Nov 2012 11:30:53 -0600, David Lehman wrote: > > > > It defaults to automatic partitioning, complaining about not enough free > > > space. I've searched for a way to tell it that I want to reuse an existing > > > logical partition. One that has a Rawhide->F18-Alpha on it. Somehow I > > > > The way to tell it this is to activate the "I want to use custom > > partitioning instead" checkbutton and thus enter custom partitioning by > > clicking the "Reclaim" button. > > Which is what I've done. It's confusing nevertheless, since the dialog > refers to shrinking partitions/volumes, whereas the user does not want > to do that, but simply wants to reuse existing partitions/volumes. Clicking > a button "Reclaim space" sounds weird in that context. > > Why can't the checkbox not be turnt into a "Manual partitioning" button > that one would click instead of the Reclaim button? Afterall, the section > is titled "Manual partitioning", too. > > > Never has there been a feature of > > automatic partitioning that said "do automatic partitioning but reuse > > this ___ device." > > No, but in my case it still refers to automatic partitioning _after_ I've > completed the manual partitioning. > > > > needed to click "Continue" to reach an error dialog that again tells me > > > there is not enough free space and that the installer will help me, so I > > > tell it I don't need help, I want to partition myself, but I cannot escape > > > that dialog other than with the "Reclaim space" button. Could be > > > dangerous, but I take the risk and click it after changing the > > > partitioning which defaults to "LVM", which should be irrelevant when I > > > partition myself. > > > > It is not irrelevant if you plan to create any new devices in custom. > > That same device/scheme chooser sets the default type for new devices > > you create as well as the default automatic partitioning scheme. > > > > > > > > I reach the partitioning screen, where assigning mount points is everything > > > other than intuitive compared with old Anaconda. Partition names are not > > > displayed anywere, just labels, mount points and names of existing installations. > > > It needs many mouse-clicks to open existing installations (this is a multi-boot > > > desktop) and reuse mount-points via the "Apply changes" button. Again, > > > so far so good, at least I can make the installer use the LUKS encrypted > > > /home and a few /mnt/… targets. I also tell it to reformat (!) the Root > > > ext4 partition, but: > > > > You didn't mention what you did in between setting up your custom layout > > and being on any screen where you might see an error about automatic > > partitioning. > > It's 100% reproducible here, and just a few minutes ago I might have found out > that order does matter. I will try to verify that once more. > My steps are below: > > > > It continues to display a yellow warning about not enough free space for > > > automatic partitioning. Help! I can revisit the partitioning screen > > > endlessly without any way to teach it that reformatting means the space > > > will be available for installation. And why does it still refer to > > > automatic partitioning, if I tell it that I partition myself? > > > What am I missing? The begin installation button is greyed out. > > > > How are you leaving the custom partitioning screen? If you click on > > "Back to destination selection" your changes will not be saved because > > that indicates that you have changed your mind as opposed to being done. > > If you click on "Finish Partitioning" your changes will be saved. > > Of course I clicked "Finish Partitioning", as returning to selecting the > destination would be stupid. Anyway, > > 1. open the Unknown partitions/volumes (don't remember the terminology right > now), enter secondary password for my LUKS /home, wait for that one to become > available > 2. open the _old_ Fedora 18-Alpha x86_64 blahblah entry from which to reuse > existing mount points > 3. fill in the mount points, "Apply Changes" for each of /home, /home/sharedhome, > /mnt/storage, /mnt/distimages, then /root last and check the Reformat checkbox > 4. With "Finish Partitioning", I return to the main screen and see both a > yellow warning at the bottom as well as a yellow exclamation mark behind the > Storage field referring to the not enough space problem. Revisiting the > manual partitioning does not help either. > > These steps I've tried multiple times to confirm them. > Roughly in an hour or so I'll revisit a different order in which to add the > mount points, as I think leaving out the LUKS /home may be enough for a > non-reproducer. There will be a report in bugzilla once/if I figure that out. Maybe you should report a bug. If you do, include a detailed procedure and the following log files as attachments of MIME type text/plain: /tmp/anaconda.log /tmp/storage.log /tmp/program.log /tmp/syslog Thanks. -- test mailing list test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test
