[GTALUG] Fedora Partitioning

[o1bigtenor]

On Mon, Feb 15, 2016 at 6:06 PM, Howard Gibson <hgibson at eol.ca> wrote:
>    Updating my desktop to Fedora_23 continues to be a challenge.
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>    I figured out how to connect to the network.  Now, it insists on a /boot partition separate from /home.  This appears to be a new feature.  I am trying to upgrade, rather than re-install everything.  I don't recall how I managed to do this, but my root partition is /dev/sda1.  My other partitions are contained in the extended partition /dev/sda2.
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>    Does anybody know how I can use the Fedora installer to split /dev/sda1 into two partitions /dev/sda1 and /dev/sda6?. I tried deleting /, and creating the two new partitions, and it did not work.  Alternately, is there a way to use my root partition for booting?
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>    I have looked at my partition table using fdisk.  It looks like I can delete /dev/sda1 and create the two new partitions sda1 and sda6.  Definitely, this destroys my current setup, and my new install had damn well better work.  Partitions sda1 and sda6 will be next to each other, followed by sda2.  Has anybody done this safely?
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>    I have a Ubuntu DVD here.  When I "Try Ubuntu", I was able to make it claim that my network was connected, but I was unable to ping the machine, or connect the browser to http://www.google.com.  Is this how Ubuntu behaves in demo mode?   The Ubuntu installer seems to over-write boot.  If I play with it, I am forced to re-install something.
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>    Fedora_20 was a dead cinch to install.  How did everything get so complicated?

Its been year since I used Fedora so I'll let someone else give you
fixing details but I can tell you welcome to systemd and uefi boot - -
- the tow individually are a blast, both together well - - - - you are
just beginning to feel the joy!

It might be far easier to reinstall.

Dee