F12 Partitioning - How to create a custom partition layout?

[CD-RW]

I have several partitions on my hard drive, and like to use the 'Create Custom Layout' option during the installation process, to make sure that I don't loose any of my existing partitions or the data on them.

I have attempted a minimal F12 installation from Fedora 12 DVD. But the 'Create Custom Layout' option is not an option in the menu.

How do I install F12 and tell anaconda exactly which partitions I want to use and format?

My current working partition layout is shown in the attached screenshot.

I want to use the following custom partition layout during the initial F12 installation:


/dev/sda2 / Fedora-12-root
/dev/sda3 SWAP
/dev/sda11 /var/log/ var-log
/dev/sda12 /tmp tmp
This allows me to share existing partitions between my current working F10 root partition, and the newly-installed F12 root partition. So if there are problems with the new F12 installation, I still have a working F10 system to fall back on.

The other partitions with data on will be mounted when the intiall installation has been completed :)

[stoat]

Hello CD-RW,

If you have relatively modern hardware with enough RAM, then you can boot normally into the graphic Anaconda installer and still do a minimal installation if that is the objective. But it also will offer the partitioning option "Create custom layout". Your'e right, the text install which is now a true minimal installation does not offer that partitioning option. If you're being forced to do a text install because of hardware issues, then at least try the boot menu option to "Install system with a basic video driver".

[CD-RW]

OK. Thanks for that stoat.

I did hit TAB at the 'Welcome to Fedora 12' installation menu and add 'linux text' as a boot parameter .

I'll take a look at the GUI installation soon :)

[stoat]

I'll take a look at the GUI installation soonOkay. To do a minimal installation that way, choose "Customize now" and uncheck everything in the package selection pack. That will install only 205 packages in Fedora 12. That's minimal. No X. No desktop. Only what you need to get connected and build up the system with yum. It reboots in runlevel 3 to a login prompt. You can then establish a wire connection to the Internet with simply dhclient eth0. Then yum install packages or package groups that you want.

[CD-RW]

Thanks stoat. Got that working now. Been messing with my kickstart file installation from USB Flash drive. This lappy has no floppy drive :(

See my post: Putting a kickstart file onto USB flash drive http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=235489