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<p><a name="BId-drakxid-partition_with_diskdrake-pa1"></a>At this point,
you need to choose which partition(s) will be used for the
installation of your <span class="application">Mandriva Linux</span> system. If partitions have
already been defined, either from a previous installation of
<span class="application">GNU/Linux</span> or by another partitioning tool, you can use existing
partitions. Otherwise, hard drive partitions must be
defined.
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<p><a name="BId-drakxid-partition_with_diskdrake-pa2"></a>To create
partitions, you must first select a hard drive. You can select the
disk for partitioning by clicking on <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">hda</span>”</span> for the
first IDE drive, <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">hdb</span>”</span> for the second,
<span class="quote">“<span class="quote">sda</span>”</span> for the first <acronym class="acronym">SCSI</acronym> drive and so on.
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<p><a name="BId-drakxid-partition_with_diskdrake-pa3"></a>To partition
the selected hard drive, you can use these options:
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<p><a name="BId-drakxid-partition_with_diskdrake-pa4"></a><span class="guibutton">Clear
all</span>: this option deletes all partitions on the
selected hard drive
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<p><a name="BId-drakxid-partition_with_diskdrake-pa5"></a><span class="guibutton">Auto allocate</span>: this option
enables you to automatically create <acronym class="acronym">ext3</acronym> and swap partitions
in the free space of your hard drive
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<p><a name="BId-drakxid-partition_with_diskdrake-pa6"></a><span class="guibutton">More</span>: gives access to
additional features:
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<p><a name="BId-drakxid-partition_with_diskdrake-pa7"></a><span class="guibutton">Save
partition table</span>: saves the partition table to a
floppy. Useful for later partition-table recovery if necessary. It
is strongly recommended that you perform this step.
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<p><a name="BId-drakxid-partition_with_diskdrake-pa8"></a><span class="guibutton">Restore
partition table</span>: allows you to restore a previously
saved partition table from a floppy disk.
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<p><a name="BId-drakxid-partition_with_diskdrake-pa9"></a><span class="guibutton">Rescue
partition table</span>: if your partition table is damaged,
you can try to recover it using this option. Please be careful and
remember that it doesn't always work.
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<p><a name="BId-drakxid-partition_with_diskdrake-pa10"></a><span class="guibutton">Reload
partition table</span>: discards all changes and reloads the
partition table that was originally on the hard drive.
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<p><a name="BId-drakxid-partition_with_diskdrake-pa11"></a><span class="guilabel">Removable
media auto-mounting</span>: unchecking this option will force
users to manually mount and unmount removable media such as
floppies and <acronym class="acronym">CD-ROM</acronym>s.
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<p><a name="BId-drakxid-partition_with_diskdrake-pa12"></a><span class="guibutton">Wizard</span>:
use this option if you wish to use a wizard to partition your hard
drive. This is recommended if you do not have a good understanding
of partitioning.
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<p><a name="BId-drakxid-partition_with_diskdrake-pa13"></a><span class="guibutton">Undo</span>:
use this option to cancel your changes.
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<p><a name="BId-drakxid-partition_with_diskdrake-pa14"></a><span class="guibutton">Toggle
between normal/expert mode</span>: allows additional actions
on partitions (type, options, format) and gives more information
about the hard drive.
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<p><a name="BId-drakxid-partition_with_diskdrake-pa15"></a><span class="guibutton">Done</span>:
when you are finished partitioning your hard drive, this will save
your changes back to disk.
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<p><a name="drakx-pa71a"></a>When defining the size of a partition,
you can finely set the partition size by using the
<span class="keysym">Arrow</span> keys of your keyboard.
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<p><a name="BId-drakxid-partition_with_diskdrake-pa16"></a>Note: you can
reach any option using the keyboard. Navigate through the
partitions using <span class="keycap"><strong>Tab</strong></span> and the
<span class="keycap"><strong>Up/Down</strong></span> arrows.
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<p><a name="BId-drakxid-partition_with_diskdrake-pa17"></a>When a partition is selected, you can
use:
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<p><a name="BId-drakxid-partition_with_diskdrake-pa18"></a><span class="keysym">Ctrl-</span>+<span class="keysym">c</span>
to create a new partition (when an empty partition is
selected)
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</li>
<li class="listitem">
<p><a name="BId-drakxid-partition_with_diskdrake-pa19"></a><span class="keysym">Ctrl-</span>+<span class="keysym">d</span>
to delete a partition
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</li>
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<p><a name="BId-drakxid-partition_with_diskdrake-pa20"></a><span class="keysym">Ctrl-</span>+<span class="keysym">m</span>
to set the mount point
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<p><a name="BId-drakxid-partition_with_diskdrake-pa21"></a>To get
information about the different file system types available,
please read the <acronym class="acronym">ext2FS</acronym> chapter from the
<em class="citetitle">Reference Manual</em>.
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<p><a name="BId-drakxid-partition_with_diskdrake-pa22"></a>If you
are installing on a PPC machine, you will want to create a small
HFS <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">bootstrap</span>”</span> partition of at least 1<acronym class="acronym">MB</acronym> which
will be used by the <span class="application">yaboot</span>
bootloader. If you opt to make the partition a bit larger, say
50<acronym class="acronym">MB</acronym>, you may find it a useful place to store a spare kernel
and ramdisk images for emergency boot situations.
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