On Sat, Feb 1, 2014 at 7:32 AM, Máirín Duffy <duffy(a)fedoraproject.org> wrote:
On 02/01/2014 10:18 AM, Dan Mashal wrote:
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> - Detecing other OSes better for dual boot. I have seen quite a few
> cases where a Windows installation gets broken after Fedora is
> installed
Details / bug #? The only cases I've seen Windows get broken is actually due
to something outside of Anaconda's control - Windows not available for boot
in grub due to EFI-related stuff - that is easily worked around.
> - Another case would be someone installed Fedora with their Windows
> drive disconnected and now wants to add Windows to the grub menu.
What kind of user are you thinking about here? What level of expertise?
I'm talking about novice users.
> Maybe a wizard here would be nice that would update grub for the
user.
> - Making the partitioning process simpler. Add a few safe guards.
> People have reported blowing away their partitions by accident.
Where is this reported? The number of safeguards in the new anaconda is
massively increased compared to how the old anaconda worked. It takes a much
more conservative approach than it ever did, and none of the changes to disk
are committed until the user starts the install.
Most of these things I'm referencing here have been reported
informally on IRC in #Fedora so I don't have bug relevant bug numbers
here. Sorry about that.
> - Adding a ton of tool tips to the UI. Try and predict what
people are
> thinking and try and answer their questions before they have one.
Which UI?
The UI in Anaconda before the user hits install.
Let me compile a more coherent list of things so that I'm better
prepared to bring them up over the next few days and get back to you.
Do you have a link to the workarounds for dualboot/EFI? I'd be
interested in reading up on those.
Thanks.
Dan