aboutsummaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/docs/installer/en/doPartitionDisks.xml
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorYuri Chornoivan <yurchor@mageia.org>2013-04-26 18:01:01 +0000
committerYuri Chornoivan <yurchor@mageia.org>2013-04-26 18:01:01 +0000
commit74f16544774afba94009b02531a7246bfb99a6c2 (patch)
tree4c1727aef659039edccd0551080243df2ff7e703 /docs/installer/en/doPartitionDisks.xml
parent82a29fbefc169f9d1ae007ee528b60bc89de90ab (diff)
downloadtools-74f16544774afba94009b02531a7246bfb99a6c2.tar
tools-74f16544774afba94009b02531a7246bfb99a6c2.tar.gz
tools-74f16544774afba94009b02531a7246bfb99a6c2.tar.bz2
tools-74f16544774afba94009b02531a7246bfb99a6c2.tar.xz
tools-74f16544774afba94009b02531a7246bfb99a6c2.zip
Tools to process installer help translation using Gettext catalogs
Diffstat (limited to 'docs/installer/en/doPartitionDisks.xml')
-rw-r--r--docs/installer/en/doPartitionDisks.xml123
1 files changed, 123 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/docs/installer/en/doPartitionDisks.xml b/docs/installer/en/doPartitionDisks.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..852c4270
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/installer/en/doPartitionDisks.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?><section xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:ns6="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:ns5="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:ns4="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:ns3="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:ns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" version="5.0" xml:id="doPartitionDisks">
+ <!-- Started by marja on 2012 03 29 -->
+
+ <!-- NEEDS TO BE WRITTEN AND THEN REVIEWED! -->
+
+ <!-- JohnR 2012-04-10 - tidy up module formatting -->
+
+ <!-- barjac 2012-04-20 Yes I agree with Lebarhon - reference to home partition removed -->
+
+ <!-- Simonnzg - doing anything to a Windows partition is DANGEROUS. I would prefer
+ if this was not an option, but... -->
+
+ <!-- marja 2012-04-24 put the para xml id's back. -->
+
+ <!-- marja 2012-04-29 changed text as discussed on the ml and with papoteur's approval
+ lebarhon: 2012-08-18 warning added-->
+
+ <!-- marja 2013-04-05 changed warning to text suggested by Dave Hodgings in bug 9594 -->
+
+ <!-- marja 2013-04-05 adjusted last line of warning as suggested by obgr_seneca -->
+ <!-- lebarhon 2013-04-11 adjusted last line of warning as suggested by Dave Hodgins/Marja-->
+
+ <info>
+ <title xml:id="doPartitionDisks-ti1">Partitioning</title>
+ </info>
+
+ <para revision="1" xml:id="doPartitionDisks-pa1">In this screen you can see
+ the content of your hard drive(s) and see the solutions the DrakX
+ partitioning wizard found for where to install
+ <application>Mageia</application>.</para>
+
+ <para revision="1" xml:id="doPartitionDisks-pa2">The options available from
+ the list below will vary depending on your particular hard drive(s) layout
+ and content.</para>
+
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata width="800" align="center" fileref="dx2-doPartitionDisks.png" depth="600"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+
+ <para revision="1" xml:id="doPartitionDisks-pa3"><itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para revision="1" xml:id="doPartitionDisks-pa4">Use Existing
+ Partitions</para>
+
+ <para revision="1" xml:id="doPartitionDisks-pa5">If this option is
+ available, then existing Linux compatible partitions have been found
+ and may be used for the installation.</para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para revision="1" xml:id="doPartitionDisks-pa6">Use Free Space</para>
+
+ <para revision="1" xml:id="doPartitionDisks-pa7">If you have unused
+ space on your hard drive then this option will use it for your new
+ Mageia installation.</para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para revision="1" xml:id="doPartitionDisks-pa8">Use Free Space on a
+ Windows Partition</para>
+
+ <para revision="1" xml:id="doPartitionDisks-pa9">If you have unused
+ space on an existing Windows partition, the installer may offer to use
+ it.</para>
+
+ <para xml:id="doPartitionDisks-pa10" revision="2">This can be a useful
+ way of making room for your new Mageia installation, but is a risky
+ operation so you should make sure you have backed up all important
+ files!</para>
+
+ <para xml:id="doPartitionDisks-pa11" revision="3">Note that this
+ involves shrinking the size of the Windows partition. The partition
+ must be "clean", meaning that Windows must have closed down correctly
+ the last time it was used. It must also have been defragmented,
+ although this is not a guarantee that all files in the partition have
+ been moved out of the area that is about to be used. It is highly
+ recommended to back up your personal files.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist> <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para revision="1" xml:id="doPartitionDisks-pa12">Erase and use Entire
+ Disk.</para>
+
+ <para revision="1" xml:id="doPartitionDisks-pa13">This option will use
+ the complete drive for Mageia.</para>
+
+ <para revision="1" xml:id="doPartitionDisks-pa14">Note! This will
+ erase ALL data on the selected hard drive. Take care!</para>
+
+ <para revision="1" xml:id="doPartitionDisks-pa15">If you intend to use
+ part of the disk for something else, or you already have data on the
+ drive that you are not prepared to lose, then do not use this
+ option.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist> <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para revision="1" xml:id="doPartitionDisks-pa16">Custom</para>
+
+ <para revision="1" xml:id="doPartitionDisks-pa17">This gives you
+ complete control over the placing of the installation on your hard
+ drive(s).</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist></para>
+
+ <warning>
+ <para>Some newer drives are now using 4096 byte logical sectors, instead
+ of the previous standard of 512 byte logical sectors. Due to lack of
+ available hardware, the partitioning tool used in the installer has not
+ been tested with such a drive. Also some ssd drives now use an erase block
+ size over 1 MB. We suggest to pre-partition the drive, using an
+ alternative partitioning tool like gparted, if you own such a device, and
+ to use the following settings: </para>
+
+ <para>"Align to" "MiB" </para>
+
+ <para>"Free space preceding (MiB)" "2" </para>
+
+ <para>Also make sure all partitions are create with an even number of
+ megabytes.</para>
+ </warning>
+</section> \ No newline at end of file