Re: preserving partitions during reinstall

2012-09-11 Thread Roger
Doesn't Rick's response say you get that option when you choose "Replace Existing Linux System(s)"? I do not have an optical drive, so I can't really boot and check. Or could it be that Anaconda has problems because your LVM is encrypted? Just to be absolutely clear: on both the original syst

Re: preserving partitions during reinstall

2012-09-11 Thread Aaron Konstam
On Tue, 2012-09-11 at 16:22 +0100, Dave Mitchell wrote: > On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 09:04:05AM -0500, Aaron Konstam wrote: > > I am not sure why you could not do what you want to do with a variation > > of the following process. tar up the partition you want to save before > > you install the new ver

Re: preserving partitions during reinstall

2012-09-11 Thread Suvayu Ali
On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 04:29:02PM +0100, Dave Mitchell wrote: > On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 03:38:06PM +0200, Suvayu Ali wrote: > > On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 11:39:23AM +0100, Dave Mitchell wrote: > > > > > > I expect an option within anaconda that will *inspect* the existing > > > partitioning layout

Re: preserving partitions during reinstall

2012-09-11 Thread Dave Mitchell
On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 03:38:06PM +0200, Suvayu Ali wrote: > On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 11:39:23AM +0100, Dave Mitchell wrote: > > > > I expect an option within anaconda that will *inspect* the existing > > partitioning layout of a device, and present that to me as the new > > default. Anaconda has

Re: preserving partitions during reinstall

2012-09-11 Thread Dave Mitchell
On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 09:04:05AM -0500, Aaron Konstam wrote: > I am not sure why you could not do what you want to do with a variation > of the following process. tar up the partition you want to save before > you install the new version. Then after installation restore the saved > material using

Re: preserving partitions during reinstall

2012-09-11 Thread Aaron Konstam
On Mon, 2012-09-10 at 16:17 -0700, Rick Stevens wrote: > On 09/10/2012 03:47 PM, Suvayu Ali uttered this comment: > > On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 10:08:47PM +0100, Dave Mitchell wrote: > >> > >> The point is that *none* of the Ananconda install options: > >> Use all space > >> Replace Existin

Re: preserving partitions during reinstall

2012-09-11 Thread Aaron Konstam
On Tue, 2012-09-11 at 11:39 +0100, Dave Mitchell wrote: > On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 12:47:25AM +0200, Suvayu Ali wrote: > > On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 10:08:47PM +0100, Dave Mitchell wrote: > > > > > > The point is that *none* of the Ananconda install options: > > > Use all space > > > Replace

Re: preserving partitions during reinstall

2012-09-11 Thread Suvayu Ali
On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 11:39:23AM +0100, Dave Mitchell wrote: > > I expect an option within anaconda that will *inspect* the existing > partitioning layout of a device, and present that to me as the new > default. Anaconda has the ability to examine the vg_pigeon device, and > see that there are

Re: preserving partitions during reinstall

2012-09-11 Thread Dave Mitchell
On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 12:47:25AM +0200, Suvayu Ali wrote: > On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 10:08:47PM +0100, Dave Mitchell wrote: > > > > The point is that *none* of the Ananconda install options: > > Use all space > > Replace Existing Linux System(s) > > Shrink current system > > use F

Re: preserving partitions during reinstall

2012-09-10 Thread Suvayu Ali
On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 04:17:43PM -0700, Rick Stevens wrote: > On 09/10/2012 03:47 PM, Suvayu Ali uttered this comment: > > > >You say your original partitioning was custom partitioning, then how do > >you expect Anaconda will figure it out without help? The way to do what > >you want would be to

Re: preserving partitions during reinstall

2012-09-10 Thread Rick Stevens
On 09/10/2012 03:47 PM, Suvayu Ali uttered this comment: On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 10:08:47PM +0100, Dave Mitchell wrote: The point is that *none* of the Ananconda install options: Use all space Replace Existing Linux System(s) Shrink current system use Free space Create

Re: preserving partitions during reinstall

2012-09-10 Thread Suvayu Ali
On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 10:08:47PM +0100, Dave Mitchell wrote: > > The point is that *none* of the Ananconda install options: > Use all space > Replace Existing Linux System(s) > Shrink current system > use Free space > Create custom layout > will read the existing partitioning

Re: preserving partitions during reinstall

2012-09-10 Thread Dave Mitchell
On Sat, Sep 08, 2012 at 10:32:16AM -0600, JD wrote: > > On 09/09/2012 01:22 PM, Dave Mitchell wrote: > >On Sat, Sep 08, 2012 at 05:12:31AM -0600, JD wrote: > >>On 09/09/2012 12:33 PM, Dave Mitchell wrote: > >>>I just did a re-install of a F14 system to bring it up to F17. > >>>I wanted to keep the

Re: preserving partitions during reinstall

2012-09-09 Thread JD
On 09/09/2012 01:22 PM, Dave Mitchell wrote: On Sat, Sep 08, 2012 at 05:12:31AM -0600, JD wrote: On 09/09/2012 12:33 PM, Dave Mitchell wrote: I just did a re-install of a F14 system to bring it up to F17. I wanted to keep the separate /home partition untouched (i.e. keep the data), but there d

Re: preserving partitions during reinstall

2012-09-09 Thread Dave Mitchell
On Sat, Sep 08, 2012 at 05:12:31AM -0600, JD wrote: > > On 09/09/2012 12:33 PM, Dave Mitchell wrote: > >I just did a re-install of a F14 system to bring it up to F17. > >I wanted to keep the separate /home partition untouched (i.e. keep the > >data), but there didn't seem to be any option to achie

Re: preserving partitions during reinstall

2012-09-09 Thread JD
On 09/09/2012 12:33 PM, Dave Mitchell wrote: I just did a re-install of a F14 system to bring it up to F17. I wanted to keep the separate /home partition untouched (i.e. keep the data), but there didn't seem to be any option to achieve this in the installer. None of the options seemed to be able

preserving partitions during reinstall

2012-09-09 Thread Dave Mitchell
I just did a re-install of a F14 system to bring it up to F17. I wanted to keep the separate /home partition untouched (i.e. keep the data), but there didn't seem to be any option to achieve this in the installer. None of the options seemed to be able to recognise or preserve the partitioning info