On Tue, 2009-05-12 at 14:39 -0400, James Laska wrote: > On Tue, 2009-05-12 at 14:29 -0400, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > On Tue, 2009-05-12 at 13:40 -0400, Bill Davidsen wrote: > > > Jim wrote: > > > > Trying to make custom partitions in Fedora 11 install, from a Fedora 8 > > > > install > > > > / > > > > /home > > > > swap > > > > > > > > It won't let met make / as ext4 , because it says can't make ext4 as > > > > boot partition. > > > > So I change it to ext3, and it says "your / partition does not match the > > > > live image you are installing from. It must be formatted as ext4". > > > > > > > > What The "h" are they doing now ? > > > > > > > You need a separate /boot as ext[23] to boot, and it must be a partition. I > > > *think* it must be a primary partition, as the installer tells me I have not > > > enough free space for a boot partition, when I cleared 150MB for an extended > > > partition. > > > > On my netbook I have /boot on an extended partition. > > As Bill suggests, '/boot' must be a separate partition at this time. > > http://docs.fedoraproject.org/install-guide/f10/en_US/sn-partitioning-general.html That's what I'm saying. It *is* a separate partition, just not a primary partition. Nothing on the above page suggests that it needs to be primary. poc -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list
