I would go with CentOS then......less headaches.....at least IMHO.... On Mar 11, 2013 12:59 AM, "Dan Irwin" <rummymob...@gmail.com> wrote:
> It might, if I had a Fedora 17 ISO or installer on my network. > > I am just downloading the netinst iso, in the hope I can get a working > OS on this laptop. > > I do have a CentOS mirror locally, and noticed 6.4 has started to come > in. That is my other option right now. > > > On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 2:36 PM, Eddie O'Connor <eoconno...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > What about installing F17....& doing the " fedup" procedure?... might > that > > work?.... > > > > On Mar 11, 2013 12:32 AM, "Dan Irwin" <rummymob...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> So I'm trying to get F18 onto my new Dell laptop (e6530). Not > >> surprisingly, it's not working. > >> > >> The installer won't let me install. It won't find free space. It won't > >> shrink partitions. > >> > >> I even dropped to a shell, and used fdisk to blow away my windows 7 > >> partition, and the installer still doesn't work properly! > >> > >> I have now tried to manually partition, and the installer tells me > >> "Error checking storage configuration". > >> > >> I have not had issues like this installing Linux since the mid 1990s. > >> And even then, I was able to complete and install. Today, in 2013, > >> with all the knowledge and experience I have, I cannot seem to get F18 > >> onto my laptop. > >> > >> In frustration, I went and installed a F18 VM on my old laptop. When > >> the VM has an empty, unpartitioned disk, the install worked perfectly. > >> > >> Why has this been broken so bad? What was so bad about the old > >> installer? The ability to manually create LVMs and partitions would is > >> a panacea compared to this mess in F18. Seriously. This is pathetic. > >> > >> So, right now, I have a laptop without any OS. Useful! > >> > >> Notes: > >> > >> Yeah, I should have beta tested. But that was hard considering I only > >> received my new laptop on Friday. > >> I'm not blaming anyone for my deletion of my own OS. > >> Fedora should not outright remove and replace features, and expect to > >> have such features restorred within the usual 6 month release > >> schedule. Who the hell signed off on this? > >> Linux distros need to learn to not cater for novices. If you can't > >> partition, you shouldn't be running Linux. > >> > >> As this has descended into rant material, I am going to choose to stop > >> now. > >> > >> Come on Fedora, shape up. You can do better than this. > >> > >> Time to find a Fedora 17 ISO somewhere on my net... > >> > >> Cheers, > >> > >> Dan > >> -- > >> 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 > > > > > > -- > > 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 > > > -- > 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 >
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