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Installer doesn't distinguish between two separate Solus installations
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I was trying to install Solus GNOME but the installer doesn't recognize Solus MATE and Solus Budgie as two distinct installations and doesn't give me a choice to automatically replace one of them. My other elementary OS installation is also not recognized. Ideally, I would like to be able to replace the elementary OS installation without having to manually assign mount points to partitions.

Goal: The installer should find all existing installations (up to triple boot) and allow to automatically replace one of the three existing installations with Solus.

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• baimafeima created this task.May 12 2017, 8:04 AM
• baimafeima updated the task description. (Show Details)May 12 2017, 8:06 AM
• baimafeima renamed this task from Installer doesn't recognize two separate Solus installations to Installer doesn't distinguish between two separate Solus installations.May 12 2017, 8:11 AM
• baimafeima updated the task description. (Show Details)
ikey added a subscriber: ikey.May 12 2017, 8:14 AM

The Replacement option is only offered for the largest contiguous Linux installation, by design. It is only supported in this mode.
As alternatives we offer dual boot and wipe strategies.

• baimafeima added a comment.May 19 2017, 8:47 AM

The Replacement option is only offered for the largest contiguous Linux installation, by design.

I see. Is there a specific reason why this limitation is at place?

ikey added a comment.May 22 2017, 6:50 PM

Simplicity of execution and design, really. It is a bit limited I'll agree.

• baimafeima added a comment.Jul 18 2017, 6:09 PM
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• baimafeima added a comment.Nov 15 2017, 9:25 PM
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• baimafeima added a comment.Jan 24 2018, 12:43 AM

This issue is also related to: https://www.reddit.com/r/SolusProject/comments/7ri05w/hope_solus_4_would_have_grub_to_dual_boot_with/

LungDrago added a subscriber: LungDrago.May 30 2018, 9:10 PM
DataDrake triaged this task as Low priority.Oct 16 2018, 4:46 PM
DataDrake added a subscriber: DataDrake.

Comments were removed as they are unrelated to the immediate issue. While I don't think it is unreasonable to include a wipe operation for old partitions, that is a separate issue from Solus editions being able to be installed along side one another.

DataDrake moved this task from Backlog to Feature Requests / Improvements on the Installation board.Oct 16 2018, 8:25 PM
DataDrake closed this task as Migrated.Feb 20 2022, 4:59 AM
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Moved to GitHub for the new installer https://github.com/getsolus/solus-installer/issues/24

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