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| author | Anne Nicolas <ennael@mageia.org> | 2012-04-05 12:01:37 +0000 |
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| committer | Anne Nicolas <ennael@mageia.org> | 2012-04-05 12:01:37 +0000 |
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diff --git a/formatPartitions.html b/formatPartitions.html index 31b981f..6de360b 100644 --- a/formatPartitions.html +++ b/formatPartitions.html @@ -2,22 +2,22 @@ <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> - <title>Choose Partitions to Be Formatted</title> + <title>Formatting</title> <meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.75.2"> <link rel="home" href="index.html" title="Installation with DrakX"> <link rel="up" href="index.html" title="Installation with DrakX"> - <link rel="prev" href="ask_mntpoint_s.html" title="Choosing Mount Points"> - <link rel="next" href="partition_with_diskdrake.html" title="Format Disks with DiskDrake"><style xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional" type="text/css"> + <link rel="prev" href="ask_mntpoint_s.html" title="Choose the mount points"> + <link rel="next" href="diskdrake.html" title="Custom disk partitioning with DiskDrake"><style xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional" type="text/css"> <!-- body { font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px } table { font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px } --></style></head> <body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"> - <div lang="" class="section" title="Choose Partitions to Be Formatted"> + <div lang="" class="section" title="Formatting"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> - <h2 class="title"><a name="drakxid-formatPartitions"></a>Choose Partitions to Be Formatted + <h2 class="title"><a name="formatPartitions"></a>Formatting </h2> </div> </div> @@ -25,71 +25,38 @@ - - - <div class="note" title="Note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"> - <table border="0" summary="Note"> + <p><a name="formatPartitions-pa1"></a>Here you can choose which partition(s) you wish to format. Any data on partitions not marked for formatting will be saved. + </p> + + + <p><a name="formatPartitions-pa2"></a>Usually at least the partitions DrakX selected, need to be formatted + </p> + + + <p><a name="formatPartitions-pa3"></a>Click on <span class="guibutton">Advanced</span> to choose partitions you want to check for so called <span class="emphasis"><em>bad blocks</em></span></p> + + + <div class="tip" title="Tip" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"> + <table border="0" summary="Tip"> <tr> - <td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top" width="25"><img alt="[Note]" src="./note.png"></td> - <th align="left">Note</th> + <td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top" width="25"><img alt="[Tip]" src="./tip.png"></td> + <th align="left">Tip</th> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top"> - - <p><a name="BIdNEW-drakxid-formatPartitions-pa8"></a>This - step is available only if you chose to reuse existing - <span class="application">Linux</span> partitions. + <p><a name="formatPartitions-pa4"></a>If you're not sure you have made the right choice, you can click on <span class="guibutton">Previous</span>, again on <span class="guibutton">Previous</span> and then on <span class="guibutton">Custom</span> to get back to the main screen. In that screen you can choose to view what is in your partitions. </p> - </td> </tr> </table> </div> - - - - <p><a name="BId-drakxid-formatPartitions-pa2"></a><a class="indexterm" name="BId-drakxid-formatPartitions-it1"></a>If - you chose to reuse some legacy <span class="application">GNU/Linux</span> partitions, you may wish - to reformat some of them and erase any data they contain. To do so, - please select those partitions as well. - </p> - - <p><a name="BId-drakxid-formatPartitions-pa3"></a>Please note that it's - not necessary to reformat all <a class="indexterm" name="BId-drakxid-formatPartitions-it2"></a>pre-existing partitions. You must reformat the - partitions containing the operating system (such as - <code class="literal">/</code>, <code class="literal">/usr</code> or - <code class="literal">/var</code>) but not the partitions containing data you - wish to keep (typically <code class="literal">/home</code>). - </p> - - - <p><a name="BId-drakxid-formatPartitions-pa4"></a>Please be - careful when selecting partitions. After the formatting is - completed, <span class="emphasis"><em>all data on the selected partitions will be - deleted</em></span> and you won't be able to recover it. + <p><a name="formatPartitions-pa5"></a>When you are confident about the selection, click on <span class="guibutton">Next</span> to continue. </p> - - <p><a name="BId-drakxid-formatPartitions-pa5"></a>Click on - <span class="guibutton">Next</span> when you're ready to format the - partitions. - </p> - <p><a name="BId-drakxid-formatPartitions-pa6"></a>Click on - <span class="guibutton">Previous</span> if you want to choose other - partitions for your new <span class="application">Mageia</span> operating system - installation. - </p> - - - <p><a name="BId-drakxid-formatPartitions-pa7"></a>Click on - <span class="guibutton">Advanced</span> if you wish to select partitions - which will be checked for <a class="indexterm" name="BId-drakxid-formatPartitions-it3"></a>bad blocks on the disk. - </p> - </div> </body> </html> |