On Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 03:54:18PM -0700, Leslie S Satenstein wrote:

> I had very minor issue with anaconda, and filed a bug report.  I also asked 
> them to review gparted, to show the graphical layout of existing partition 
> space and to allow me to click on the boot, root , swap and location for the 
> loader.   Sigh, I wonder if it will come to pass.

I have no idea what you're saying. The bootloader doesn't reside on 
boot/root/swap... support files (further stages) reside on /boot and 
potentially on grub_bios partition if you're doing more complicated gpt 
multi-boot... as I tend to be doing on my personal machines these days.

> Yes, Anaconda is great, when you get over the shock of the summary screen 
> that presents a lot of information. But how I work with anaconda is very easy.

Partitioning in this day and age can be definitely be quite complicated but why 
ubuntu default installer can't handle raid + encryption out of the box, I do 
not know. So yes, anaconda can be complicated but you don't have to select 
custom layout options if you don't need.

> By the way, if you want to protect a partition, allocate it with unknown file 
> format. It will be protected from Anaconda.

> Life is easy when you know the tricks.  
> The Ubuntu guys can tell you a similar story.

My point wasn't about knowing tricks it was about the ubuntu live installer not 
having the appropriate options for me to do a true custom gpt plus raid plus 
crypto partitioning setup, and having to resort to the alternate installer to 
get what features I needed. Super annoying when you're in a hotel room, at a 
conference with crappy internet and lack blank media. The Fedora folks haven't 
dumbed down the installer enough yet, clearly. (<-- sarcasm)

-E

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