thank you so I have to :
- create (using gparted) only one big partition (1 TBit) on the HDD - indicate to the process that install fedora the HDD (the partition) where to install the S.O. - all the rest is done automatically by the installer that is correct ??? On Fri, Mar 18, 2022 at 10:16 PM Samuel Sieb <sam...@sieb.net> wrote: > On 3/18/22 07:41, Angelo Moreschini wrote: > > 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> > > If you are starting from scratch, you don't need to preserve anything. > A clean install will create a new EFI partition if there isn't one > already. You only need to keep the old one if there is another OS on > the computer that is also using it. > _______________________________________________ > 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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