Op 19-11-2006 om 02:49 schreef W Talley: > > When I first tried the partitioner, I couldn't get any "K's" to show up in the > main screen. So I tried the automatic partitioner because somewhere it said > you could make changes before committing to them. The auto partitioner is > the > one that always appeared to want a swap file. (However, if I can figure out > the > manual installer you can forget my comment about the swap file.) > > As a result of your response, I tried installing Debian again so I could > better > document my concerns. However, this time I played around with it a bit more > and found out how to get letters in the main screen. > > The help file says: "When the partition is already formatted you may choose to > keep and use the existing data in the partition. Partitions that will be used > this way are marked with "K" in the main partitioning menu." Unfortunately, > the help file does not tell you how to do this. > > When I selected a used partition, a screen came up and at the top of the > selections the default said "Use as: do not use." Accepting this default, no > "K" shows in the main partitioning screen. But changing it to "Use as: ext3 > ..." (which it already is) then another screen comes up saying something like > "keep and use existing data." Then if you go to "Done setting up partition" a > "K" shows up in the main screen. I'm not familiar with your partitioner, it > would have been nice to have a little more information on this in the help > file > - it's not very intuitive. > > [ ... I'm still not comfortable with your partitioner concerning boot flags. > .. > .. Maybe I don't understand what "bootable" means in your partitioner. ... ]
Sounds to me like "Explain me the advanced technology that I what to use". > I'm sorry I don't get all this. This is the first time I've ever used your > installer. Up until now, every Linux distro I tried had a graphical installer > and they were all very easy to use. I hate to say this, but your installer's > help file leaves me just a little "helpless." >From my point of view works "my installer". Additions to the text of the helpfile are welcome. Cheers Geert Stappers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]