2008/2/29 Gregory K. Ruiz-Ade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On Feb 29, 2008, at 1:24 PM, Lan Barnes wrote:
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> >> This behavior is due to a kernel change in Linux. Why not try Ubuntu
> >> 7.10? AFAIK, it doesn't do any of the above listed.
> >
> > Does Ubuntu not update its kernel?
>
>
> Ubuntu does the same things (at least regarding HDD naming).
Backtracking through a whole bunch of interesting discussion, the
original complaint included:
> "improvements" in HDD handling (LVM, sliding partitions, VOLUME0000-*,
> everything "/dev/sdx") that are OK until something goes wrong (and
> something always goes wrong). To me it's like RAID -- why can't I opt out?
You can opt out when installing Fedora..
The LVM and VOLUME0000 stuff happens if you wimp out and let the
Anaconda installer choose its default disk partitioning scheme.
Several other distributions (openSuSE, Ubuntu) do similar nasty things
with their default partitioner. I have been trying to warn people
about this for a couple of years, at least.
So at install time don't choose default partitioning, and do it
yourself, to taste. If you _do_ want LVM, you don't have to use the
kludged-up volume names that Anaconda wants to give you.
carl
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