On Thu Jun11'26 12:36:01PM, Joe Zeff wrote: > From: Joe Zeff <[email protected]> > Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2026 12:36:01 -0600 > To: [email protected] > Reply-To: Community support for Fedora users <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: anaconda manual disk partitioning installation question > > On 6/11/26 12:20 PM, Ranjan Maitra via users wrote: > > I was very familiar with the older anaconda and had grown to be quite > > comfortable with that in doing the partitioning. However, I can not quite > > figure out how to do this partitioning. > > Assuming that you're installing from a LiveUSB, don't jump into installing > right away. Use GParted, which is part of the Live image, to partition the > drive, and make sure to give each partition a name that tells you what it's > for. (Strictly speaking, you don't need the lables, but it makes things > much easier if you do.) You can format the partitions then, or let anaconda > do it, whichever you prefer. Then, when you start the install process, you > just have to select the partitions, give them the appropriate mount points > and let things go from there. There are two advantages to this: first, you > can take your time and make sure you've got everything right before you > start installing and second, as GParted doesn't actually do anything until > you tell it to, it's easy to correct any errors before you commit yourself. > I've been doing it this way for decades, either for initial installs on a > new machine or reinstalling if I feel the need to do a massive cleanup of > cruft, and never messed things up. Don't worry if you find the first time a > bit scary, because that's natural. The important thing is that if you ever > need to do it again, it will be much easier. > --
Thank you! I see. So, the "new" anaconda is not able to do such partitionings anymore, and I should use GParted to make the partitioning first? I was not aware of this, so thank you very much! Best wishes, Ranjan -- _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] 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/[email protected] Do not reply to spam, report it: https://forge.fedoraproject.org/infra/tickets/issues/new
