You should be able to create a totally custom layout that doesn't do anything upfront for you. You may have to boot the install CD as 'linux expert' to get anaconda to present the "Custom" layout, though. Note, this is not the same as "Review before.." Checkbox option. With Custom, you have to setup up everything. I used to have to use Custom Layout to create RAID1 setups before RHEL5+/CentOS 5+ started supporting that directly in anaconda. As for whether or not Custom Layout lets you drill down to manipulating what the individual partitions are named (sda2 vs sda4), that I don't know right off hand. You could always get to the first screen after anaconda starts up, then hit CTRL-ALT-F2 to get to bash prompt, use fdisk (or the like) to set the partitions, then proceed to do a Custom Layout back in the GUI (CTRL-ALT-F(6,7, or 8 - I can't recall)).
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Chris McQuistion Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2013 10:59 AM To: nlug-talk Subject: Re: [nlug] centos install question It's on VMware, right? You can just boot up from another ISO file, if you want. I think you might be able to boot up from "linux text" or something on that CentOS install disk, to just get a command line (or the CentOS LiveCD). On Wed, Oct 2, 2013 at 10:47 AM, Howard White <[email protected]> wrote: One of my LEAST favorite things about CentOS is its graphical installer, specifically the partitioning tool. I want my disk laid out _MY_ way, thank you very much. I may be wrong but at least I am consistent! I've done my usual set of primary partitions and now I want sda4 to be the rest of the disk as a LVM space. If I go to create that space, the utility proceeds to smack that sucker as sda2. grrrrrr. If this were a regular system, I would boot to a live CD, lay out the partitions the way I want and then run the installer, changing what I need to change to build the fstab in the install. But no, this is a virtual guest. Guess I'm gonna learn how to boot a "naked" virtual guest from a live CD. How ghetto is that? Howard -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] <mailto:nlug-talk%[email protected]> For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected] <mailto:nlug-talk%[email protected]> . For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
