To create a partition, click the Add button. The Partition Options window shown in Figure 2.5, “Creating Partitions” appears. Choose the mount point, file system type, and partition size for the new partition. Optionally, you can also choose from the following:
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In the Additional Size Options section, choose to make the partition a fixed size, up to a chosen size, or fill the remaining space on the hard drive. If you selected swap as the file system type, you can select to have the installation program create the swap partition with the recommended size instead of specifying a size.
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Force the partition to be created as a primary partition.
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Create the partition on a specific hard drive. For example, to make the partition on the first IDE hard disk (
/dev/hda), specifyhdaas the drive. Do not include/devin the drive name. -
Use an existing partition. For example, to make the partition on the first partition on the first IDE hard disk (
/dev/hda1), specifyhda1as the partition. Do not include/devin the partition name. -
Format the partition as the chosen file system type.
To edit an existing partition, select the partition from the list and click the Edit button. The same Partition Options window appears as when you chose to add a partition as shown in Figure 2.5, “Creating Partitions”, except it reflects the values for the selected partition. Modify the partition options and click OK.
To delete an existing partition, select the partition from the list and click the Delete button.