On 2/24/2011 5:13 AM, Jorgen Lundman wrote:
Right, so I download the fc14 ISO and try to do a install over the
old OS,
hoping to keep data. The installer does have an option to keep things, the
second to last option, before custom.
It just notifies me that there are no places to install to, sorry.
I use custom, which at least gives me some clues.
Even way back in Fedora 8, "custom" would be the way to do what you want.
Apparently I can not install
to a ext3 filesystem. This seems a really bad decision by someone. Essentially,
it is just untaring files on an existing fs. To force a certain version seems
really backwards.
I don't think that's right. I did a new install to ext3,
though I blew away my old partitions (actually, it was a drive formerly occupied by
Windows). It would surely be fine mounting your old ext3 /home partition, and whatever
else you wanted.
It was a major hassle for me, I feel sorry for fresh people trying
fc14 for the
first time. I feel there is room to make some improvements.
Like Ubuntu, Fedora is
moving more and more to where it's intended to "just work" out of the box.
How successful it is wooing new users I can't say, but it seems more newbie-friendly
than in the past. But, to do more advanced things, as you desire, requires some homework.
Not sure how much happier you'll be with another distro.
I agree there's room for improvement, as there is with nearly every product. Not
every attempt at improvement receives universal acclaim--I've griped about a few
myself-- but I think it's come a long way in usability.
Your inability to do an upgrade through eight versions is not surprising. What other
software would do this without a problem?
Anyway, I will zfs rollback to my fc8 and install something else.
good luck,
Your call, but I'm sure there are people here who could help you do pretty much
everything you want.