This is about the installation program for redhat 6.0 system: an intel P100, 32MB ram and 2 harddrives. (/dev/hda, /dev/hdc) My installation package was placed on an ext2 primary partition on /dev/hdc1 which was once mounted at /home where the server kept all files for samba at the intranet. The installation package asked if i wanted to do a Server, client or customize configuration. Usually i would choose a customize configuration, but since this only would run the typical default installation, i felt that "Server" would do fine. It told me that all information on the harddrive (or harddrive_S_ ?) would be erased. Ok with me, since i don't need anything on /dev/hda.. but it couldn't possibly mean that it would ruin my companys information on the /dev/hdc, right? Since i even got the installation packages there.. It can't be THAT stupid so it erases the disk with the installation packages, right? But it was that stupid.. :-/ Ok, 3 weeks without backup, but everyone on vacation would make me have to redo all that 3 weeks of work.. (This is just for you guys to feel pitty about me! ;)) I hope this will be solved until the next release..
A "server-class" installation is for the purpose of setting up a server new and out of the box, in which case people are not concerned with what came on the machine. There are 2 warnings that tell the user that all data will be erased from the hard drives. Furthermore it is clearly explained in the documentation for the installation that all data, no matter the drive, will be erased with a server-class installation. Should you want to preserve data, you would want to choose a workstation or custom installation. This is not a bug in the system, as the installer is acting just as programmed. Bug is being discarded for that reason.