F18 final release criterion #9, Windows

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It currently reads:

> The installer must be able to install into free space alongside an existing clean single-partition Windows installation and either install a bootloader which can boot into the Windows installation, or leave the Windows bootloader untouched and working.
> 

"single-partition" requirement is unreasonable. The default Windows 7 installation is two partitions, a 105MB NTFS boot partition, and the rest of the disk space is consumed by the 2nd partition. The overwhelming majority of Windows installations are like this. And many I've seen from OEM are three partition with the manufacturer's restore utilities on the 3rd.

I think there needs to be a "do no harm" clause. In the real case where 98% of NTFS free space is sucked away from Windows for Fedora during autopart, even if Windows were still bootable (which in 2 for 2 attempts in my case it is not) it is a seriously flawed default. I'd suggest no more than 25% of Windows free space be dedicated to Fedora in autopart. In all of the mock ups from months ago, this was configurable, but I'm finding it to not be configurable in anaconda 18.37.2-1.

Related bugs.

shrinking Windows partition creates an unusable dual-boot setup 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=875944
Resize of NTFS partition results in partition smaller than the filesystem, broken Windows install
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=885912
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