Talk: Easy reinstall of Fedora (keeping home) isn’t available with the default disk layout of Fedora 42 and older

[kparal (Kamil Páral)]

Please see the Common Issue for solution/workarounds:

Easy reinstall of Fedora (keeping home) isn't available with the default disk layout of Fedora 42 and older

Problem If you wish to perform an easy reinstall (i.e. replacing the system, but keeping all home files) of Fedora 42 or older using the Fedora 43 or newer installer, you might see the following error when selecting the “Reinstall Fedora” option: No suitable free space found for automatic partitioning for /boot (ext4): requested 2 GiB, largest free space 1 GiB [small-boot] The installer only allows “Reinstall Fedora” to work under certain conditions, which are often not met on Fedora 42 an…