CentOS on home machine HD

[Joe Zeff]

On 02/07/2014 10:20 AM, Tim wrote:
> You shouldn't need to unplug a drive to make a fresh install clean from
> any other installs, however it does make easier to avoid accidentally
> selecting the wrong drive to install to.  But, on the other hand, if
> you're changing what drives are plugged in, or playing with BIOS options
> for which one to boot up, the system may identify each drive differently
> (e.g. what was considered the first and second drives might be numbered
> differently).

That's my thought, too, although anaconda sets /etc/fstab up with the 
partition UUID to avoid that issue.  However, if you're going to want 
those partitions mounted at specific mount points, it's much easier to 
do that during installation.