Bug 1031028

Summary:	Partitioning UI is odd, requires me to enter it and immediately click 'Done'
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	David Woodhouse <dwmw2>
Component:	anaconda	Assignee:	Anaconda Maintenance Team <anaconda-maint-list>
Status:	CLOSED RAWHIDE	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version:	19	CC:	anaconda-maint-list, dshea, g.kaviyarasu, jonathan, vanmeeuwen+fedora
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Description David Woodhouse 2013-11-15 13:53:46 UTC

I detest the default of using LVM on new installs. It introduces needless complexity and potential for boot failures, while offering no real benefit in the majority of cases. I always turn it off during installs.

In the new installer, it seems that I need to select the disk/partitioning 'spoke' in the installer, and then immediately click 'Done'.

Think about that for a second. I go into the menu, only to *exit* it without doing anything.

And *then*, the dialog comes up in which I can switch from LVM to standard partitioning.

Surely this is wrong? Even though I've done it a number of times now, I still forget and get confused, and it's *massively* counterintuitive that after selecting the menu, what I need to do next is just click 'Done' to immediately exit it again. I *always* find myself looking for the option to set the partition types, randomly clicking and selecting/deselecting the install disk, etc.

Comment 1 David Shea 2014-02-21 18:41:45 UTC

F21 redoes this screen so that you configure automatic layout options (or choose to do custom partitioning) before hitting Done.