partitioning bug during install: RH8/9 FC1

[Trae McCombs]

On Mon, 2003-12-22 at 10:34, Otto Haliburton wrote:
> Installing windows first actually has nothing to do with your problem, but
> is a problem with windows.  If you don't install it first then it will
> simply overwrite any mbr out there with its own, so if you want to boot your
> other OSes you have to install windows first.  As for the other thing.  It
> has to do with the boot process, it will resequence your partitions no
> matter what you do and it has always done so, it will resequence any
> partition unless it is a boot partition.

OK, well it's easy enough to simply have a boot disk, or boot up a
rescue cd to re-install grub to the master boot record once that's done
though.  

Let's forget I even mentioned windows or another operating system.  The
problem is, upon install, you should be able to setup your hard drives
the way you want.  That was the beauty of the old fdisk.  With the GUI
tool, it will force you to do what it wants you to do.  I don't see how
this lends people flexibility.  Well, it lets you set things up the way
you want as long as you put /dev/hda1 as / 

It's not a matter of "It's not how I do it so it doesn't have merit",
it's a matter of flexibility and letting a tool do what it is designed
to do, which is, let you setup your system the way you want.

I'm done. Seems most people that have responded have not seen any
benefit to what I've pointed out, which is cool.  I've brought it to the
attention of the list, and I can just do the nasty work around if it
never gets fixed.

Thanks for your time everyone,
Trae

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