I'm trying to install 32-bit F25 Gold (RC1.3) from the netinst, with custom partitioning. The only reason I need custom partitioning is to avoid creating a separate /home partition. Unfortunately, due to https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1375732 , it won't let me expand the / partition to use the space freed after deleting /home. (This bug wasn't fixed since 32-bit is no longer a blocker.) Is there any fairly easy way to achieve this without custom partitioning in the installer? Or is it likely that an updates.img would be made available after release day to work around this type of issue?
On 11/20/2016 01:39 PM, Andre Robatino wrote:
I'm trying to install 32-bit F25 Gold (RC1.3) from the netinst, with custom partitioning. The only reason I need custom partitioning is to avoid creating a separate /home partition. Unfortunately, due tohttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1375732 , it won't let me expand the / partition to use the space freed after deleting /home. (This bug wasn't fixed since 32-bit is no longer a blocker.) Is there any fairly easy way to achieve this without custom partitioning in the installer? Or is it likely that an updates.img would be made available after release day to work around this type of issue?
Use a Live version of GParted to do your partitioning first, then install.
Use a Live version of GParted to do your partitioning first, then install.
The machine currently has a clean install of F24 (dual-boot with Windows). Normally, the installer makes me delete the existing Fedora partitions to free up space, then it creates new partitions using the free space. If I create empty partitions with GParted or some other tool, will the installer allow using those, and will it automatically know which to assign to /boot, / and swap so I don't have to custom partition to make changes? (Partitioning is not something I'm familiar with or good at.)
On Sun, 2016-11-20 at 22:14 +0000, Andre Robatino wrote:
Use a Live version of GParted to do your partitioning first, then install.
The machine currently has a clean install of F24 (dual-boot with Windows). Normally, the installer makes me delete the existing Fedora partitions to free up space, then it creates new partitions using the free space. If I create empty partitions with GParted or some other tool, will the installer allow using those, and will it automatically know which to assign to /boot, / and swap so I don't have to custom partition to make changes? (Partitioning is not something I'm familiar with or good at.)
Ask on the Fedora Test list. F25 is not yet released.
poc
Ask on the Fedora Test list. F25 is not yet released.
My understanding that after Branched reaches Beta, it's acceptable to ask on the user list (and F25 is already Gold and will be officially released in 2 days, at which point it wouldn't be appropriate to ask on the test list anyway).
On Sun, 2016-11-20 at 22:50 +0000, Andre Robatino wrote:
Ask on the Fedora Test list. F25 is not yet released.
My understanding that after Branched reaches Beta, it's acceptable to ask on the user list (and F25 is already Gold and will be officially released in 2 days, at which point it wouldn't be appropriate to ask on the test list anyway).
I've never heard that but if it's established practice then sure.
poc
I'm not absolutely sure. It's definitely the policy on IRC with #fedora where /topic currently says "Fedora 23, 24, 25 Beta end-user support".
On Mon, 2016-11-21 at 01:15 +0000, Andre Robatino wrote:
I'm not absolutely sure. It's definitely the policy on IRC with #fedora where /topic currently says "Fedora 23, 24, 25 Beta end-user support".
I never use IRC. No special reason, I just don't.
I was going to consult the Intro text for this list to check, but now I can't find it. Why is this so hard? It used to be right there on the list web page, but since the reorganization of same it seems to have disappeared.
<Rant> I find there is absolutely nothing I like about the new web interface.
I also dislike how the link at the footer of each message now gives an email address instead of a link to the web page. Whose brilliant idea was that?
</Rant>
poc
Is there any fairly easy way to achieve this without custom partitioning
in the installer?
My experience has been that any distro will work with existing partitions ( I had a /Crypt partition which needed mounting install to install plus custom lay out). Use gparted, or somesuch in your f24 build to restructure your hd with the partitions you want. Using custom build will not have to invoke the partitioning software and this may allow it to push through the install. You will just have to use custom build to mount the partitions manually.
My 2 bits -- Fred
Allegedly, on or about 20 November 2016, Andre Robatino sent:
My understanding that after Branched reaches Beta, it's acceptable to ask on the user list
My understanding was that on this user list, you discuss the current releases, only. Anything that's not a current (normal public) release is still in some form of testing (whether that's alpha or beta), so you need to discuss those things with testers.
Regardless of any rulings, the common sense approach is that the users list will be populated by people running current releases, and test or devel lists will be full of people testing and developing software. Traditionally, people tend to only join one of the lists. You'll get your best answers if you go with the most appropriate audience.
2016-11-21 0:14 GMT+02:00 Andre Robatino robatino@fedoraproject.org:
Use a Live version of GParted to do your partitioning first, then
install.
The machine currently has a clean install of F24 (dual-boot with Windows). Normally, the installer makes me delete the existing Fedora partitions to free up space, then it creates new partitions using the free space. If I create empty partitions with GParted or some other tool, will the installer allow using those, and will it automatically know which to assign to /boot, / and swap so I don't have to custom partition to make changes? (Partitioning is not something I'm familiar with or good at.)
If you select Custom partitioning, you can select each partition there and set mountpoint. Also you can check a setting to format said partition.
If you have an existing Fedora installation, easiest way is probably to keep partitions and just format / and /boot
On Mon, Nov 21, 2016 at 12:38 PM, Kari Koskinen kakoskin@gmail.com wrote:
(Partitioning is not something I'm familiar with or good at.)
set up a virtual machine and practice. It is easy to assign mount points to existing partitions once you have done it a time or two through the custom install route.
I finally dealt with this by doing a F25 install with the separate /home partition, then immediately after the install, using the lvremove, lvextend and resize2fs commands to get rid of the /home partition and add the space to /, basically as described at https://serverfault.com/questions/524962/how-to-integrate-home-back-into-mai... .
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