On Wed, 2012-12-05 at 22:00 -0700, Chris Murphy wrote: > On Dec 4, 2012, at 5:58 PM, Adam Williamson <awilliam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> > > > > I don't know why you'd expect a 'partition assignment only' mode to > > exist, given that there wasn't one in F17 and there was no indication of > > one in any of the design documents for newui. > > Maybe it's expected because 95% of the world's desktop/server OS's > have this option. Erm. Really? Are you sure we're not talking at cross-purposes here? I'm not sure I recall seeing any installer other than Mandriva's which offers a special version of its partitioning interface where you cannot create or remove partitions, only select mount points for existing partitions. That is what the OP is describing. > And maybe it's expected because it actually works with a very simple > and discoverable UI for both basic and advanced user needs. > > Let's rephrase the question, open to the whole list: why is a point > and shoot install to a volume (or partition) such a bad idea that it > isn't even an option in anaconda? I'm not sure that question makes any sense in context. > Why is the first thing we do choosing a device, rather than a > partition or a volume? Because people find it very valuable to be able to leave certain disks out of the installation and be entirely sure they will not be touched by the install process... -- Adam Williamson Fedora QA Community Monkey IRC: adamw | Twitter: AdamW_Fedora | identi.ca: adamwfedora http://www.happyassassin.net -- test mailing list test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test
