Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-testing (84 mails)

[Vojtěch Zeisek <vojta.sc@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hello,
have You ever tried to install openSUSE to computer with already installed 
Windows and use YaST automatic division of hard disc (accepting defaults)? 
Although I do not have Windows, I have seen it on several computers and I was 
not satisfied. Proposed solutions are very strange and complicated. For 
example I had an older computer with 2 windows hard discs (one big FAT 
partition on each), YaST tried to shrink both discs and create 4 partitions 
(swap, /, /home, /usr), on my friend's laptop it tried to delete both Windows 
partitions (disc was divided to Windows system a data), but aim was to install 
whole openSUSE instead of only one Windows partition (dualboot).
Is it only my sense or do You have similar experience with automatic disc 
division during installation? More over I still have sense that installation 
from Live CD is even more strange in this way...
I use expert mode and it is OK, but for "an average user" it is very 
confusing. I know people understanding basics of disc partitioning, but not 
understanding YaST's proposals...
Have a nice day,
Vojtěch Zeisek