On 01/01/2017 18:39, Michael Schwendt wrote:
> On Sun, 1 Jan 2017 11:23:27 -0500, Matthew Miller wrote:
> 
>> On Sun, Jan 01, 2017 at 10:10:55AM +0100, Mayavimmer wrote:
>>> I tried to do an identical second install on the same machine, but the
>>> installer Anaconda gives an error about being unable to set a root
>>> partition.  
>>
>> This isn't _forbidden_, but it also isn't something we test offically —
>> and in fact I'm not sure if anyone has actually tested it ever.
> 
> I do manual installs like that regularly. Hence the earlier requests
> for details.
> 
> The original post doesn't give enough details. I could have answered
> "yes" to the $subject, and yet there might be installation scenarios
> where the installer fails. More details needed!

As soon as I can. I already gave some details in the other sister
threads yesterday.

> 
>> So, while I don't see why it couldn't be made to work, I also am not
>> surprised to hear it doesn't.
> 
> It's the opposite here. I'm surprised manual partitioning would fail. If
> you point the installer at usable partitions for / and /boot, why would it
> fail?

Same exact sentiment, sir. It's ok if the poor little AI in the
installer can't hack complexity, but don't mess with my sacrosanct right
to manually override everything.

> 
> Of course, some users try to set up dubious/questionable environments
> to begin with, such as /boot shared by multiple distributions and things
> like that.

Only legit hacking. Check.

> 
> Personally, I only share /home and a couple of optional mount points.

I don't even do that, unless at gunpoint (which was the case recently).
I prefer separate homes with shared data partitions.

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