I initially hoped to upgrade to fc17 using preupgrade, then to fc18 using fedup, but preupgrade failed after spending hours downloading, the actual install run for about a hour and went out with an error. Since the package is obsolete, I decided not to chase the problem, but to just do a full install using the fc16 boot, root, and swap.
Existing partitions: partition use 1 XP 2 Other bootable software 3 LUKS swap, shared between fc14 and fc16 4 extended 5 fc14 boot 6 fc14 root 7 fc16 boot 8 LUKS fc16 root 9 Linux /home 10 Linux /mnt/appdata
I wanted to install fc18 using 3, 7, and 8, since ability to boot fc14 is still required.
When I selected manual configuration and clicked the swap[3], it asked for the password and accepted the selection for fc18 swap.
When I selected the fc16 boot[6] as /boot, it accepted that for fc18.
When I selected the fc16 root[8] it promptly set up an fc16 section and put that partition in a root. After that nothing I tried would move it to the fc18 configuration. It offered to delete the partition, but the concept of doing what I selected and reusing it seems not possible, or not documented.
Any way to go back to the old installer, which was simple, intuitive and functional?
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Bill Davidsen