Hi — I appreciate Anaconda’s automated partitioning, but I’d like a small, user-friendly enhancement request.
Problem: The automated partitioner currently selects BTRFS by default with no option to pick a different filesystem when using the “automatic” workflow specifically in my case “use the whole disk”. Users who prefer XFS (or ext4) must switch to manual partitioning to change the filesystem.
Proposal: On the automated partitioning screen, add a simple Filesystem: control (dropdown or radio buttons) with default BTRFS and options like XFS and ext4. The automatic layout (partitions, mountpoints, LVM/RAID, sizes) should remain unchanged — only the filesystem type is selectable.
If this is already an option and I missed it, forget everything I said and make it easier to find in the UI
First something about the definition of “automated”:
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
adjective: accomplished by machinary without the intervention of a human operator; – of processes.
As soon as we do interrupt an automated process, we can not call it this way anymore.
That is why we do have the Manual Partitioning Tool “storage editor”. However I do understand your concerns about knowing by heart all the settings which are used by default. I have always the issue that I can not do it without looking the partition information’s and mount points on my own.
If we do ask for the changes you proposing, we should add them in the storage editor.
There is a section (right column) which would be nice to incorporate such a link or information you proposed (see screenshot).
If you check the screenshot, there is a Type field, which is possible to make pre configured selections.
As example is the “EFI system partition”, this takes the VFAT filesystem and adds the mountpoint “/boot/efi”.
The best is, that it just fills the fields necessary and you still can overwrite them.
My proposal would be to put the changes you request for fill up there.:
Default EFI system partition 1GB/VFAT
Default /boot partition 2GB/EXT4
Default / & /home BTRFS-Subvolumes/Rest Space.
this makes it still possible to change the values.
This would indeed help users , to see the default and let it auto fill in the fields, to adjust manually if needed.
