On Mon, 2013-03-04 at 23:42 +0100, Patrick Dupre wrote: > Quoting lun, 04 mar 2013 "Michael E. Maher" <mich...@maheronline.co.uk>: > > > Hi Patrick, > > > > On Mon, 2013-03-04 at 10:40 +0100, Patrick Dupre wrote: > >> Hello, > >> > >> Unfortunately, after I remade a new DVD, the issue is still here: > >> Fatal error after installing 4 or 5 packages over 1318(hwdata or setup) > >> Is there something wrong with this partitionning: > > > >> / > > Obviously needed. > > > >> /boot > > Generally advised to have a separate boot partition. > > > >> /usr/lib64 > > I believe this will cause many issues. I'd advise against it. > > > >> /usr/local > > Fedora doesn't put anything in here so should be fine. > > > >> /usr/src > > Again not really used for Fedora so should be fine. > > > >> /tmp > > In Fedora 18 'tmp' is a RAM backed file system, so you probably don't > > need this (unless you have other requirements). Probably a better use of > > a partition would be to put 'var' on it. > > > >> /home > > Generally advised to have a separate home partition. > > > > > > So you're mostly fine, with the exception of '/usr/lib64'. > > > I agree, however it is not clear about /usr. For Fedora 18 the 'usr' tree should be on the root partition. I think that's clear. See [0] and [1] for details and justification.
> Anyway, how do you upgrade a fedora 16 with > / > /usr > /lib64 Honestly I would recommend a repartition and reinstall. Sorry that's not a great answer, it's just what I would do. I'm sure that other people on the list can give much better ideas should you need to perform that upgrade. Thanks, Michael [0] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/UsrMove [1] http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/TheCaseForTheUsrMerge -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
