On Sat Sep20'25 05:44:11PM, Peter Boy Uni wrote: > From: Peter Boy Uni <p...@uni-bremen.de> > Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2025 17:44:11 +0200 > To: Community support for Fedora users <users@lists.fedoraproject.org> > Reply-To: Community support for Fedora users <users@lists.fedoraproject.org> > Subject: Re: Base fedora installation > > > > > Am 20.09.2025 um 16:20 schrieb Ranjan Maitra via users > > <users@lists.fedoraproject.org>: > > > > I have been trying to install the base Fedora (which I have never actually > > installed, relying more on my custom install of a openbox-WM-based system) > > on an old laptop that used to run Debian. I would like to keep the existing > > /home partition. > > > > I am not really that invested on the current paritioning, but I am ok if I > > get to keep it. > > > > So, here is the current paritioning: > > > > / 26 GiB /boot 100 MiB (this is an efi partition) swap 17 GiB /home > > (encrypted, absolutely want to keep) > > > > My partitions are all ext4s and I prefer that. > > > > However, my problem is that when I select the Mount partitons and (I guess > > do this manually) with formatting for all but the /home partition, I get > > no option on how to set the type of partition, and in the next step, I get > > "Unable to set efi partition" with no seeming recourse on how to wipe/reset > > it and proceed. > > > > I guess this new anaconda installer is a bit too much for me:-( > > > > But anyway, how do I proceed? Any ideas. > > > > Sorry for such a basic question, and thanks in advance for all your help. > > > > Best wishes, > > Ranjan > > > > I guess, you are using Anaconda installation. In Anaconda, there is an option > „Installation target“ or alike. There you select first the disk, a further > down there are the options „Default“, „custom“ and „Advanced custom“. Select > advanced custom and then „Done“. A new window opens. Delete the all portions > besides „home“, of course. You have to click in a partition to set the focus > and then select the delete icon. >
Thanks, Peter. I am using whatever the Base prompts as the installer, I assumed that this was the new anaconda. (And it appears to be.) There are no "Default" "custom" or "Advanced custom" options for me. Only Share disk with other OS, Use entire disk, or Mount point assignment. (The latter is some version of custom, I would guess, but in the next page, I am not allowed to do things in the earlier way). > > Check, if you have a DOS partition table or a GPT. In the former case, create > a partition of 1 Mib and select „BiosBoot“ as file system. In the latter case > create a partition of 600 MiB and select EFI file system. Mount point is > /boot/efi. Next create a partition of 1 GiB, select ext4 as filesystem and > /boot as mount point. > > Select the remaining space as another partition of appropriate size mount > point / > > Acrtivate „formating“ for all partitions but home, Select a type as you like. > Fedora would usually use ifs or btrfs for root. Is there some other way to do these things? Many thanks and best wishes, Ranjan -- _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
