Hi George, What do you mean by <fedora installing the default (btrfs) "destroys"? --- I have already installed fedora on a normal <desktop> by completely replacing the HDD .. In that case the HDD was initially presented with a single partition and fedora automatically created the partitions that were needed to store the operating system. --- In this current case (the computer is a laptop) I see that the HDD contains a partition (EFI System Partition) which perhaps should not be touched because it is used by the <BIOS> ... --- this is the reason that I would like to know how to present (in terms of partitions) the HDD for fedora installation : <basically I ask if I have to leave some of the existing partition>
Thank you .. On Fri, Mar 18, 2022 at 1:42 PM George N. White III <gnw...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, 18 Mar 2022 at 05:54, Angelo Moreschini <mrangelo.fed...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Hi >> >> upgrading fedora to version 35 I decided to install the OS completely >> from zero again, instead of doing the normal upgrade. >> >> >> I have a laptop with two HDDs: / dev / sda (on which windows is >> installed) and / dev / sdb (on which fedora 33 was previously installed). >> >> >> Of course I will install Fedora 35 on the ADD / dev / sdb .., but I would >> like to completely clean up the old installation by formatting the old data >> using gparted. >> > > A fedora install using the defaults (btrfs) "destroys" the old data. If > you are looking for a method that would prevent recovery of sensitive data > (e.g.), if the laptop is stolen and the sensitive information was not > encrypted, there are "secure" erase tools.. > >> >> I would like to ask for help about to choose the pertizioni to leave and >> those to format .. starting from the current situation that I transcribe >> below: >> > >> *Partition* >> >> *Name* >> >> *File System* >> >> *Mount Point* >> >> *Size* >> >> *Used* >> >> *Unused* >> >> *Flags* >> >> */dev/*sdb1 >> >> EFI System Partition >> >> Fat 32 >> >> */boot/*efi >> >> 600.00 MiB >> >> 21.58 Mib >> >> 578 MiB >> >> Boot,esp >> >> */dev/*sdb2 >> >> >> ext4 >> >> /boot >> >> 1.00 GiB >> >> 295.10 MiB >> >> 728 MiB >> >> >> */dev/*sdb3 >> >> >> lvm2 pv >> >> fedora_localhost-live >> >> 929.93 GiB >> >> 929.93 GiB >> >> 0.00 GiB >> >> lvm >> >> >> > > -- > George N. White III > > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org > Fedora Code of Conduct: > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org > Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: > https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure >
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