XFCE spin Live CD: ext3/ext4 installation?

[kawazu428]

Folks;

was about to consider installing the XFCE live CD locally for the sake of seeing how things are in Fedora these days, I failed rather quickly: I just do have one data partition (which should hold "/") available for Fedora installation, and I didn't manage to find a viable file system to use:

- Choosing "ext4" (default) makes the installer complain something like "a boot partition can't be ext4 formatted". Installation cannot be completed.

- Likewise, choosing "ext3" makes the installer complain that the Live CD is using a different file system (ext4) which I should choose. Again, installation can't be completed.

Is there any meaningful thing that can be done about this? Sounds like a somewhat peculiar situation to me... :/

Thanks in advance and all the best,
Kristian

[RahulSundaram]

Hi

Use two partitions

/boot - 200 MB - formatted as Ext3. Rest of it formatted as Ext4


https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ext4_...upport_Ext4.3F

[kawazu428]

Hi Rahu

and first off, thanks a bunch for your comment.

Originally Posted by RahulSundaram

...
Use two partitions
/boot - 200 MB - formatted as Ext3. Rest of it formatted as Ext4
...

I expected something like this. Unfortunately, at the moment I am afraid I can't split up my partitions any further without running into the usual DOS partition table limitations (four primary, one of them extended). But other way 'round: Why on earth does the Live CD enforce being installed to the same file system it comes with? I mean, why can't I simply copy the files off to some partition formated using whichever file system I could come up with? Why does the installer keep me from installing to ext3 here after all? It's not that I really _want_ to go with ext4...

Cheers,
Kristian

[RahulSundaram]

HI,

The answers are already in the FAQ, I linked to but a Live CD is a preformatted image that gets dumped to your hard disk (that is why it is so much faster than a regular installation). There is not much room for flexibility in this method ( no upgrades, no package changes and no filesystem changes). It is basically how Live CD's work.

Use the regular DVD image if you want more flexibility.

[kawazu428]

Thanks Rahul and sorry for bothering, I should have been more careful in reading what you posted. So I'm off to try the full installer then.
Cheers,
Kristian