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         <p><a name="BId-drakxid-ask_mntpoint_s-pa1"></a>Listed here are the existing Linux
            partitions detected on your hard drive. You can keep the choices
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               installations. If you make any changes, you must at least define a
               <a class="indexterm" name="BId-drakxid-ask_mntpoint_s-it1"></a><a class="indexterm" name="BId-drakxid-ask_mntpoint_s-it2"></a>root partition (<code class="literal">/</code>). Do not choose too small a partition or you will not be able to install enough software. In most cases it is best to also
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               have more than one Linux partition available).
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         <p><a name="BId-drakxid-ask_mntpoint_s-pa2"></a>Each partition is listed
               as follows: "Device", "Capacity", "Mount point","Type".
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         <p><a name="BId-drakxid-ask_mntpoint_s-pa3"></a>"Device", is structured: "hard drive type", "hard drive number", "partition number" (for example, "sda5"). 
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                     <p><a name="BId-drakxid-ask_mntpoint_s-pa6"></a>You can switch to tty 2 with ctrl+alt+F2 and type df to view the partitions if you're not sure installer's choice is correct
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            <code class="literal">/</code> and saving <code class="literal">/home</code> (if the same partition was your <code class="literal">/home</code> before), is a good choice.
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