Re: anaconda manual disk partitioning installation question

On Thu Jun11'26 12:36:01PM, Joe Zeff wrote:
> From: Joe Zeff <[email protected]>
> Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2026 12:36:01 -0600
> To: [email protected]
> Reply-To: Community support for Fedora users <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: anaconda manual disk partitioning installation question
> 
> On 6/11/26 12:20 PM, Ranjan Maitra via users wrote:
> > I was very familiar with the older  anaconda and had grown to be quite comfortable with that in doing the partitioning. However, I can not quite figure out how to do this partitioning.
> 
> Assuming that you're installing from a LiveUSB, don't jump into installing
> right away.  Use GParted, which is part of the Live image, to partition the
> drive, and make sure to give each partition a name that tells you what it's
> for.  (Strictly speaking, you don't need the lables, but it makes things
> much easier if you do.)  You can format the partitions then, or let anaconda
> do it, whichever you prefer.  Then, when you start the install process, you
> just have to select the partitions, give them the appropriate mount points
> and let things go from there.  There are two advantages to this: first, you
> can take your time and make sure you've got everything right before you
> start installing and second, as GParted doesn't actually do anything until
> you tell it to, it's easy to correct any errors before you commit yourself.
> I've been doing it this way for decades, either for initial installs on a
> new machine or reinstalling if I feel the need to do a massive cleanup of
> cruft, and never messed things up.  Don't worry if you find the first time a
> bit scary, because that's natural.  The important thing is that if you ever
> need to do it again, it will be much easier.
> -- 

Thank you! I see. So, the "new" anaconda is not able to do such partitionings anymore, and I should use GParted to make the partitioning first? 

I was not aware of this, so thank you very much! 

Best wishes,
Ranjan 



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