Description of problem: A few of the Anaconda screens seem to me to contain statements the language of which could be improved to avoid possible confusion. They troubled me, a newcomer, during a recent installation and might trouble others similarly placed. One is the "Automatic Partitioning" screen, which invites a person to choose one of three options, the first of which is to remove all Linux partitions on "this system" and the second of which is to remove all partitions on "this system". The reference to "this system" implies (at least to me) that the specified partitions will be removed from ALL hard drives in one's computer, if there should exist more than one. It would be better to invite a person to remove the Linux or all partitions on the drive on which it is intended to install Linux. The second is the "Boot Loader Configuration" screen, which says that the GRUB boot loader will be installed on "/dev/hda". That won't be the case if the person has only a SCSI drive or drives, nor will it necessarily be the case if a person has more than one IDE drive. The third is the "Advanced Boot Loader Configuration" screen. On that screen, one is invited to install the Boot Loader "record" somewhere, as opposed to the "boot loader" referred to on the preceding screen. I assume that the later reference was intended to be to the boot loader, just like the earlier one. Further, the two choices given suffer from the same problem as the statement on the preceding screen. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Actual results: Expected results: Additional info: The things I've mentioned aren't technically "bugs", but I don't know how else to raise them. I was rather nervous during the installation on a second IDE drive bought specifically for FC3, afraid that I might do something to cause problems with my original drive. I imagine others would feel the same. The less ambiguity in the screens, the less the nervousness.
Though it's been a while, these issues have been addressed in rawhide: 1) The automatic partition layout screen was reworded to avoid ambiguity. The phrase 'selected drive' instead of 'this system' is used in the combo box choices. A list of available physical drives are presented below the combo box allowing the user to only check the ones that anaconda should use for installation. 2) The boot loader configuration screen references the correct device name, either /dev/sda or /dev/hda (or others) depending on your system 3) The boot loader record is the boot loader itself and where you want it installed. Most people prefer the MBR. At one point anaconda supported lilo, so I think this is leftover terminology.