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<body>On Sun, 08 Jul 2012 00:38:44 +0100, Cecil Watson <knoppmyth@gmail.com> wrote:<br><br><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0.80ex; border-left: #0000FF 2px solid; padding-left: 1ex"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Maybe I don't understand 'appliances' - I only gave it a go because I had some issues with my latest MythBuntu and thought I'd try an alternative. However I've always been perplexed as to why it doesn't permit a partition install.<br>
</blockquote><div>Define "partition install". When LinHES gets installed, it creates 3 partitions. </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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I presume it expects you to copy music/photos/videos onto the system after installation. Personally I would never mix my data with the OS. Having separate partitions for music/photos/videos/tv is very conveneint for many reasons. Are 'appliances' never reinstalled/backed-up/get corrupted ?<br>
</blockquote><div>LinHES doesn't mix your data and the OS. By default, all your data goes on a separate partition (/myth).</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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IMO LinHES either needs 2 disks (1 OS, 1 for partitioned data) or you have to live with everything on a single, massive partition. That's certainly something that would influence my choice of distro!<br>
<br></blockquote><div>Again, LinHES has never used a single partition for everything. It simply doesn't make sense. For most of it's history, KnoppMyth never used a single partition for everything. I don't know where you are getting for information from but it is wrong. </div>
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And it seems so unnecessary. I can't see a reason for it. IMO allowing a (standard) partition install would only increase its usage/popularity, even if only for trials - I certainly can't be bothered to set up a VM just to try it out....<br>
</blockquote><div>See above. </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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Regards<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br></div></div></blockquote></div><div><br></div>-- <br>Enjoy the day,<br><br>Cecil<br>
</blockquote><br><div>Hi Cecil,</div><div><br></div><div>By "partition install" I mean installing to a specific partition (or unused part) of a disk without affecting any other partitions of a disk.</div><div><br></div><div>It was some time ago but I remember being confronted with a screen asking for an Install disk and partition sizes. With the "appliance" talk, and LinHES installation info being somewhat scarce, I got the impression it was going to wipe the whole disk (and my data) to use for itself, so I aborted at that point and gave up. I was busy at the time so I probably wasn't thinking straight...<br></div><div><br></div><div>I was hoping someone would contradict me but the previous responses appeared to confirm my supposition, thus the rant. </div><div><br></div><div>However, after a bit more thought and re-reading of the <a href="http://linhes.org/projects/linhes/wiki/Install_LinHES">Install guide</a> I suspect now that a further page (undocumented 3a?) would have allowed me to specify the disk area for LinHES to use for its partitions. Certainly the installation won't do anything until screen 10, so I've probably been spouting rubbish, haven't I?</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks for setting me straight on the OS/data partitions issue. The point I was really trying to address was whether LinHES can co-exist on a disk with pre-existing data partitions.<br></div><div><br></div><div>I've never tried Arch/Knoppix and have been using Ubuntu for so many years I was confused by the different installation process - "select a disk for installation and click Next" tends to make me panic when I've got valuable data there!</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks for responding. I'll try it again sometime. And take it to the LinHES forums next time...</div><div><br></div><div>Regards</div></body></html>