When installing F15, one is given the choice of 'Custom' filesystem layout. I chose that and was given a nice UI to choose the partitions for differnt mount points. I specifically chose *not* to format the partition I chose as my root (/). I was warned about the fact that swap partitions will be formatted and I will loose all my data, though that hardly ever is an issue for anyone but I was not warned at all that root partition will be complete cleaned-up of all content. However, after the installation finished (with a weird error that I can't remember now) everything in root partition I had was simply gone. I lost ALL my data. I know it was partly my fault but a warning could have saved me.
In the final release of F15 it will not be possible to reuse your root filesystem -- you will be required to reformat it or use a different device. See bug 629311. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 629311 ***
If the partition was not formatted, you might still have files there. You could try booting from the installer disc in rescue mode and mounting the partition to look at it.
No, they really were removed.
Is this a live install? If so, yes, your selected root device will be completely overwritten. With non-live media the root device would not have been cleared, but much of it would have been overwritten.
(In reply to comment #4) > Is this a live install? If so, yes, your selected root device will be > completely overwritten. With non-live media the root device would not have been > cleared, but much of it would have been overwritten. Yes. Please note that all I am saying is that there must be a warning for this, not that this is wrong.
(In reply to comment #5) > (In reply to comment #4) > > Is this a live install? If so, yes, your selected root device will be > > completely overwritten. With non-live media the root device would not have been > > cleared, but much of it would have been overwritten. > > Yes. Please note that all I am saying is that there must be a warning for this, > not that this is wrong. Yes, indeed. There should always be a warning before this. It must be painful to lose your data like that. Why not join with us: http://fedoraproject.org/ We are all people ...
Easily reproduced in a VM. Reinstalled with the F15-Beta Live CD onto: /dev/sda1: /boot /dev/sda2: LVM vg_foo lv_root: / lv_swap Custom layout, no formatting. Test files on lv_root were overwritten. /boot (/dev/sda1) was not overwritten, however. Discovered this bug: The file system is not resized to match the size of the the LV (lv_root). "lvs" shows lv_root is 9.56g, but "df -h" shows 2.2G. Verified with "tune2fs -l /dev/mapper/vg_foo-lv_root".
(In reply to comment #7) ... > Discovered this bug: > The file system is not resized to match the size of the the LV (lv_root). ... If you were installing to a logical volume, this bug could mean that some of your data might be recoverable ...
(In reply to comment #8) > (In reply to comment #7) > ... > > Discovered this bug: > > The file system is not resized to match the size of the the LV (lv_root). > ... > > If you were installing to a logical volume, this bug could mean that some of > your data might be recoverable ... Unfortunately, I was not. :(
I see you are a developer, so here is the way I reproduced this bug: 1. Install from the DVD image to the VM disc image and boot from it. 2. Create test files in /boot, /home, /etc. 3. Boot from the F15 Beta Live CD image and install to the VM disc image without formatting any partitions: $ qemu-kvm -m 1024 -cdrom Fedora-15-Beta-x86_64-Live-Desktop.iso -hda ../f15-test1.img -boot menu=on 4. Boot from the installed image and look for the test files. BTW, in the future, when opening bugs, please fill in the form as provided. As it was, you did not provide a crucial piece of information: that you were installing from the Live CD. That would go into the form something like this: Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): F15 Beta Live CD x86_64 Desktop or Fedora-15-Beta-x86_64-Live-Desktop.iso