Proposal for New Installation Features

[Kam Leo]

On 6/6/07, Browder, Tom <Tom.Browder at fwb.srs.com> wrote:
> I have worked through MANY redhat and fedora installations over the
> years, most of them installing new over existing /boot, /, and swap
> partitions (I always protect my data on their own partition, /usr/local,
> which is not formatted).  It has always been an irritant that a clean
> install defaults to completely wipe out one's data if not careful.  The
> menu has improved but I would I would like to see the following features
> for a standard Fedora install:
>
> 1.  If there are any linux partitions found, the default should be to
> customize the linux partitions.  Let the user change that if desired.
>
> 2.  During a custom partitioning selection, any existing partition label
> should be retained, even though the partition is formatted.
>
> I will file these as feature requests if there is any support for them
> on this list.
>
> Thanks.
>
> -Tom
>
> P.S.  I have now installed F7 on one laptop (wireless not configured
> successfully yet, but Matthew Saltzman on this list is helping) and four
> i86 boxes and am pleased with the results.  I had to use a hard drive
> installation on two old boxes because of the installation failure to
> recognize the DVD after installation started, but newer boxes have
> worked fine.

File away! You can also join the fedora-devel-list (Rahul, please
modify list if necessary.) and give them your two cents.