On Tue, 2009-05-12 at 15:53 -0400, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > 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. Gotcha, misread your earlier comment. As other mails in this thread suggest, I'm somewhat familiar with restrictions on the placement of '/boot' (primary vs extended), but I cannot find any documentation to support that. As Rahul suggested, if we can line that up, it seems reasonable to request an update to the installation guide (along with a supporting link). Thanks, James
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