From e7c51aa00b0cf6c97482cf0f967474b15a66d967 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Adriaan de Groot Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2017 06:23:19 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Document defaultFileSystemType - this applies to new partitions; existing documentation erroneously said this happens with Replace as well, - follow up on Andrius manual-partition PR with documentation that manual mode doesn't switch to this FS when editing existing partitions. --- src/modules/partition/partition.conf | 14 ++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/modules/partition/partition.conf b/src/modules/partition/partition.conf index 62b897e82..a5c428e23 100644 --- a/src/modules/partition/partition.conf +++ b/src/modules/partition/partition.conf @@ -26,10 +26,16 @@ drawNestedPartitions: false # Show/hide partition labels on manual partitioning page. alwaysShowPartitionLabels: true -# Default filesystem type, pre-selected in the "Create Partition" dialog -# in the manual partitioning mode. -# The filesystem type selected here is also used for automated install -# modes (Erase, Replace and Alongside). +# Default filesystem type, used when a "new" partition is made. +# +# When replacing a partition, the existing filesystem inside the +# partition is retained. In other cases, e.g. Erase and Alongside, +# as well as when using manual partitioning and creating a new +# partition, this filesystem type is pre-selected. Note that +# editing a partition in manual-creation mode will not automatically +# change the filesystem type to this default value -- it is not +# creating a new partition. +# # Suggested values: ext2, ext3, ext4, reiser, xfs, jfs, btrfs # If nothing is specified, Calamares defaults to "ext4". defaultFileSystemType: "ext4"