Disk partitioning and /boot

[wgray99]

I always setup at leat 3 partitions /boot / and /home.
I do this on a test machine where I have several other OS's installed.

On install of kubuntu, I selected the custom partitioning method and
everything works except that the install won't proceed without formatting /boot.

This is a bad decision to force the format of /boot and many will have that other os
or other linux installs in place and going thru a rescue process is not easy .

I would much prefer to to see an option for not formating partitions other than /
such as an existing /home /boot etc.

...w...

[Fintan]

Re: Disk partitioning and /boot

If you use the alternate CD you have a lot more freedom in your partitioning and formating.
It is a problem with the partitioner an the live cd.
Then again if you want to put the feisty grub into /boot it doesn't matter. It is only an issue if you want to use the existing grub (or what ever bootloader you are using), put feisty's grub in its / partition and edit your existing bootloader.

Good luck and enjoy