Re: Fedora 18 status is Go, release planned for January 15, 2013

["Robert G. (Doc) Savage" <dsavage@peaknet.net>]

On Sun, 2013-01-13 at 20:50 -0600, Robert G. (Doc) Savage wrote:
> Yes, RHEL7 will branch from F18.
> 
> Not 100% sure about the final default filesystem. I'm still backing up
> my F17 hard drive before beginning the TC4 install on hardware. However,
> in earlier betas ext4 was still the default. I've heard there are other
> choices, but I can't tell you from my own knowledge quite yet.
> 
> --Doc
> 
> On Fri, 2013-01-11 at 22:38 -0600, Kevin Thomas wrote:
> > I thought that someone said that RHEL would be based on Fedora 18, is
> > that correct? How is 18 looking for those that have tried it? What is
> > the default file system format?

OK. I'm now installing from the final release F18 x86_64 DVD so I can
answer your question.

At the INSTALLATION DESTINATION screen, select the disk(s) you want F18
installed to and click on Done in the bottom right corner. The screen
will gray out except for a white rectangle in the center titled
INSTALLATION OPTIONS. Click on the [+] Partition scheme configuration.
There you'll see a choice between Standard Partition, LVM, and btrfs
"Partition types". Whichever one you choose, you still have the option
to check "Let me customize the partitioning of the disks instead."

Editorial comment: The new all-graphical anaconda is mostly black &
white, and not particularly well laid out. Your gaze is not "led"
smoothly around the various screens. It has very little visual appeal.
Hopefully they'll hand those screens over to the graphic artists when
RHEL7 branches.

--Doc


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