Fwd: Re: rant of the day: installing fedora

[Alexander Volovics]

On Mon, Jul 08, 2013 at 02:58:47PM +0200, Timothy Murphy wrote:
 
> The default should always be to leave things as they are,
> as far as possible.

Did you protest against the new anaconda, I can't remember.
I didn't because I believe in flexibility and adaptation,
certainly when the end result is an improvement in a lot of ways. 
 
> and also believe users should read what looks like a 100-page document

I said 'browse' (and then read the bits you need obviously)

> in general, the people who write Fedora installation manuals
> are somewhat deficient in common sense, 
> believing that the more information given the better

I wouldn't put it quite that way :-) but I did mention that one
of the guides was too terse and the other long-winded and turgid.

> I don't actually see in the manuals you refer to
> any statement of how to avoid automatic re-partitions.
> Both show the same screen shot, and then say
> ----------------------
> Figure 9.17. Disk Partitioning Setup
> 
> On this screen you can choose to create the default partition layout
> automatically, or choose to partition storage devices manually 
> to create a custom layout.
> ----------------------
> But I don't see anything on the screen shot as shown
> offering this choice.

Look at section 12 "storage and partitioning" in the 'Quick Start Guide'
figure 9 + comments.

And then sections 9.13 and 9.14 in the 'Installation Guide'. 

(It's a lot like reading math books/papers skipping the proofs
 because you want to try them yourselve first).
Here you browse the guides and then experiment with anaconda.

And François is no newcomer to the list or linux.

AV