On Sun, Feb 27, 2000 at 05:26:23PM -0600, Vidiot wrote:
> Because the RH6.1 installation blindly went out and reset all of the
> hard disk partition tables, I've lost years worth of work.
>
> Yes, there is a note on the left that says the Linux data will be lost.
> The LINUX data, not MY data. Instead of listing all of the Linux partitions
> that it found and asking which ones it can remove, and/or, which ones it
> can use but leave the partitions the same, it blindly destroys.
There are only two cases where the intstaller removes partitions:
1) In server class install, it will wax all partitons on the disk, regardless
of what the partitions types are.
2) In {gnome,kde} workstation install, if you allow the installer to automatically
partition (remove data), all partitions of type 0x83 and 0x82 will be waxed
> That is very nasty and very bad. Situations could arise where the system needs
> to be reloaded, but not everything needs to be screwed with and RedHat's
> installation totally screwed me.
You should have done an expert install/manually partitioned. Yes the partitioning
code sux, but it did warn you.
--Matt
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