why not a partition assignment mode?

[Chris Murphy]

On Dec 6, 2012, at 12:34 AM, Felix Miata <mrmazda at earthlink.net> wrote:

> On 2012-12-05 21:44 (GMT-0800) Adam Williamson composed:
> 
>> On Wed, 2012-12-05 at 22:00 -0700, Chris Murphy wrote:
> 
>>> Why is the first thing we do choosing a device, rather than a
>>> partition or a volume?
> 
>> Because people find it very valuable to be able to leave certain disks
>> out of the installation and be entirely sure they will not be touched by
>> the install process...
> 
> I found the screen confusing, because:
> 
> 1-The system had only one HD.
> 
> 2-IIRC: selected state wasn't instantly recognizable. Repeated clicks on it toggled selected state on and off. Only after several did I figure "selected" out, and why the reaction to a click on the lower left link produced inexplicable responses.

I suspect the overwhelmingly majority of installations are 1-2 disks. I imagine the first window showing partitions/volumes and the instruction is: choose at least one partition/volume for your Fedora installation, or choose Show More Options.

More options can include iSCSI, FCoE, whole disks, whatever.


Chris Murphy