Alpha: no option to create custom disk partition layout?

[bingoUV]

I am installing Fedora 13 Alpha - 64 bit. While installation, X server could not be started so installing in command line - not a problem.

But here, in command line installation, I don't see any option to create custom disk partition layout. It only asks me about using entire disk / free space. Also asks about which hard disks to involve in installation process. But after that, it simply goes and creates LVM with ext4 - FSM knows how many partitions.

I wanted to try out btrfs, but I don't see any way to override the default partition / filesystem decisions by the installer. Is this a well known issue?

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Filed a bug for this issue: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=579106

[CiaW]

Apparently, you need to be able to do a gui install to get the option for custom partitioning. Do you have a low RAM computer? I would suspect not if you're trying to install the x86_64 version. What graphics does your machine have?

Update: I looked at the bugzilla (and added myself to the cc list); I didn't realize this behavior was a regression. I thought it was a 'feature'.

[bingoUV]

My machine has VirtualBox graphics ;)

I was trying out Fedora 13 in VirtualBox. Possibly because of this issue( http://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/6370 ), X does not run, even after installation. I was dropped to text mode installer.

I remember from long ago, text mode installer used to be quite rich in features. Maybe these days you need graphical installer to do such things, not sure.

[smr54]

Yes, the textmode installer has been pretty much crippled. The answer given is that you can use kickstart--or use just about any other distribution, almost all of which allow you to custom partition during a text installation. (Of course, all the other ones that have a GUI installer that I've used in VBox have a GUI installer that works in VBox. If I were a sarcastic person, I would comment that perhaps this is one more way in which Fedora stands out from the rest.)

[AdamW]

The fact that GUI install fails in VirtualBox ought to be fixed for Beta, let us know if it isn't.

[bingoUV]

The fact that GUI install fails in VirtualBox ought to be fixed for Beta, let us know if it isn't.

GUI install in Virtualbox is working in RC4. I tested in http://serverbeach1.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/stage/13-Beta.RC4/F13-Beta-i686-Live/

[AdamW]

Thanks for the report.