Bug 540

Summary: Mageia has no option like Ubuntu to install on the side of another OS, please add it
Product: Mageia Reporter: Kristoffer Grundström <lovaren>
Component: InstallerAssignee: Mageia Bug Squad <bugsquad>
Status: RESOLVED INVALID QA Contact:
Severity: minor    
Priority: Normal CC: lists.jjorge
Version: Cauldron   
Target Milestone: ---   
Hardware: x86_64   
OS: Linux   
Whiteboard: H_I_M
Source RPM: CVE:
Status comment:

Description Kristoffer Grundström 2011-03-25 01:03:51 CET
I've noticed as I installed Mageia on my laptop that Mandriva gets erased from the harddrive because you don't know how to choose in the installation.

I wish the installation would behave like this: http://news.softpedia.com/images/extra/LINUX/large/ubuntu904installation-large_007a.jpg
Comment 1 Ahmad Samir 2011-03-25 03:14:33 CET
(In reply to comment #0)
> I've noticed as I installed Mageia on my laptop that Mandriva gets erased from
> the harddrive because you don't know how to choose in the installation.
> 
Exactly, *you* don't know how to choose in the installation; that doesn't mean you can't...

Look closely when installing Mageia, particularly at the Partitioning step.
Comment 2 Dick Gevers 2011-03-25 13:24:28 CET
Simply choose 'custom disk partitioning'
Comment 3 Kristoffer Grundström 2011-03-27 08:50:39 CEST
And where are the instructions for a newbie to do so to guide him/her forward?
Comment 4 José Jorge 2011-09-30 17:32:53 CEST
Can't we close this bug?
- it is possible to install as many systems as you want
- we can't manage all grub1/2/lilo combinations out there, it will always be not for newbies...

CC: (none) => lists.jjorge

Comment 5 Manuel Hiebel 2011-09-30 20:56:34 CEST
yep and we must educate people who don't read doc :p

Whiteboard: (none) => H_I_M

Comment 6 Manuel Hiebel 2011-09-30 20:56:58 CEST
arf

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
Resolution: (none) => INVALID