On Mon, 03 Dec 2012 12:51:02 -0800, Adam Williamson wrote:
> > The '+' button you mean is for creating mount-points. Yes, mount-points,
> > too. The button opens a small dialog where to enter the mount-point and the
> > desired "capacity". Mount-points not partitions. It even says so everywhere
> > related to that dialog. ;)
>
> Yes, it's a bit messy, isn't it: the text is talking about the big +,
> but the big + is for creating *partitions*, not mount points. It's
> certainly a bit confusing to have text that talks about 'creating mount
> points', but the two actual viable operations are to 'set a mount point'
> or to 'create a partition and give it a mount point'.
That may be true, but I cannot tell. What I see is:
ADD A NEW MOUNT POINT
More customization options are available
after creating the mount point below.
Mount point: __________________
Desired capacity: ______________
[Cancel] [Add mount point]
There's pop-up help that gives examples for mount points (paths).
Nowhere does it tell what it means to "create a mount point".
A mount point is just a destination directory, a path. What does it
create? A new partition (or logical volume) to mount at the mount point?
To see the extra options, I would have to enter a capacity that would
work. Possibly there's pop-up help also for the capacity field to tell
what units are accepted.
The one time I tried clicking the "Add mount point" button (in LVM mode
because a VG here contains some free space), I got an error message, which
suddenly referred to a more low-level term, a "device":
Failed to add new device
And the details for this red error message at the bottom used even another
term:
not enough free space on disks
Which sounds as if it didn't refer to a "volume group".
Plural even inspite of the single storage device I had selected early.
Another inconsistency. I don't want to keep bashing the installer, only
explain why I called it a "maze" in a different thread.
> Yes, and this is another confusing bit: the left hand pane shows you the
> mount point *within the old OS install*, while the 'Mount Point' text
> box in the _right_ hand pane lets you assign the partition a Mount Point
> *for the new OS install*.
True. The large '>' sign from the left section to the right makes it
even more confusing, since one wonders what the "Apply changes" button
refers to. It only refers to the *new* installation.
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