will the Fedora installer use file structure partitions made beforehand?
In Ubuntu I can partition a HD (to be entirely used for Ubuntu) before I install. The installer sees the partitions and installs into them rather than into its singular [default] "OS" partition.
That is particularly slick because the install process remains automated, rather than interactively slow and more open to typos during an interactive full-install.
Some advantages of this 'modular' partitioning of '/':
1) my /var/ folder can have its own partition so that I can have a database installed and developed in there; if I have to re-install Ubuntu, that process will preserve my database.
2) my /home/ with all of its users' .-files and specifics will not be lost.
3) all of my locally-installed (downloaded, installed, licensed, and configured) local tools will remain safe.
4) I can backup single partitions on a schedule based up the access to and use of that partition's content.
So, I'm looking at Fedora and am uncertain if the same pre-partitioning is viewed by the installer?
Restating, can I partition before a Fedora installation, or, does the install just give a 'choice' between me either accepting its default partitions or doing my partitioning through the installer's interactive steps?
Thanks,
"frank"
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