I'd like to dual boot Fedora with Debian...

[Jim Cornette]

Timothy Murphy wrote:
> Jim Cornette wrote:
> 
>> There are choices on install to select customize a partition scheme. The
>> default is to remove all Linux partitions so you ask a very wise
>> question. Letting Fedora select the partitioning scheme might be
>> troublesome.
> 
> This is a crazy default, and must have caused many problems.
> The default should be to choose your own partitioning,
> with the option of following Fedora's (not very sensible) advice.
> 

I guess once you are burned, you change your habits. I agree that the 
choice should be self partitioning schemes by default but I guess the 
default is setup for those with less understanding of partitioning. 
Having windows protected but Linux at risk seems a bit undesirable. 
Having the option to use free and unpartitioned space regardless of the 
OS would be a better default. An option like that would at least get the 
person trying to install to clear some space for the OS, be it removing 
windows or previous Linux versions.

Jim

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