Bug 1179174

Summary:	installer does not allow removing existing partitions
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Aleksandar Kostadinov <akostadi>
Component:	anaconda	Assignee:	Anaconda Maintenance Team <anaconda-maint-list>
Status:	CLOSED DUPLICATE	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version:	21	CC:	anaconda-maint-list, g.kaviyarasu, jonathan, michel, vanmeeuwen+fedora
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Description Aleksandar Kostadinov 2015-01-06 11:20:21 UTC

Description of problem:
Installing fedora 21 on an old windows laptop. I couldn't find any way to remove existing partitions on the disk to install fedora. I had to go to console and use fdisk.

How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. take a computer with existing (windows?) operating system
2. try to install fedora21 from life CD (I used the XFCE build)
3. setup target disk

Actual results:
no way to remove existing partitions

Expected results:
there should be an option to remove/resize old partitions

Comment 1 David Shea 2015-08-03 13:33:50 UTC

There are two ways to remove or modify partitions, both on the disk selection screen. Click the checkbox "I would like to make additional space available" to get to a dialog that will let you remove or resize existing partitions, or choose "I will configure partitioning" to get to the custom partitioning screen.

Comment 2 Aleksandar Kostadinov 2015-08-03 14:10:30 UTC

How do I know that a checkbox with a name "I would like to make additional space available" will make me to the place I can remove/resize partitions? Wouldn't a button and a longer description do better?
I'm not new to linux and installing since maybe slackware 3.1 so I believe UX needs improving around that option... I guess.

Comment 3 David Shea 2015-08-03 14:15:09 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 1215276 ***