On 11 March 2013 20:37, Alan Evans <ame.fed...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 10:49 AM, Ian Malone wrote: >> >> >> Why? I can partition, but I don't really want to make a hobby of it. >> There's a strong argument to be made for sensible defaults to avoid >> many people having to do identical tedious set-ups. > > > Sensible defaults are fine. The problem is that, with each new generation of > dumbed down system defaults, the distros have been making it harder and > harder for experts to deviate from those defaults. It's to the point new > where it's *impossible* to deviate from the defaults for some things. >
I absolutely agree, I was just a bit surprised because I did manage to use the F18 installer to wipe the linux partitions on a dual-boot disc and install a working system with an adjusted partitioning scheme. It sounds like Dan Irwin has hit some odd behaviour (it seems a lot of people have hit odd behaviour...). -- imalone http://ibmalone.blogspot.co.uk -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
