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diff --git a/docs/installer/en/doPartitionDisks.xml b/docs/installer/en/doPartitionDisks.xml index 93ef91a7..e583d579 100644 --- a/docs/installer/en/doPartitionDisks.xml +++ b/docs/installer/en/doPartitionDisks.xml @@ -1,25 +1,7 @@ <?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--> + <!-- lebarhon 2015-07-03 Suggested updates for Mageia 5 --> <info> <title xml:id="doPartitionDisks-ti1">Partitioning</title> @@ -82,7 +64,7 @@ <para>With this option, the installer displays the remaining Windows partition in light blue and the future Mageia partition in dark blue with their intended sizes just under. You have the possibility to - adapt these sizes by clicking and draging the gap between both + adapt these sizes by clicking and dragging the gap between both partitions. See the screen-shot below.</para> <mediaobject> @@ -107,7 +89,7 @@ drive that you are not prepared to lose, then do not use this option.</para> </listitem> - </itemizedlist> <itemizedlist> + </itemizedlist><itemizedlist> <listitem> <para revision="1" xml:id="doPartitionDisks-pa16">Custom</para> @@ -117,6 +99,50 @@ </listitem> </itemizedlist></para> + <para><emphasis role="bold">Partitions sizing:</emphasis></para> + + <para>The installer will share the available place out according to the + following rules:</para> + + <para><itemizedlist> + <listitem> + <para>If the total available place is lower than 50 GB, only one + partition is created for /, there is no separate partition for + /home.</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>If the total available place is over 50 GB, then three + partitions are created</para> + + <itemizedlist> + <listitem> + <para>6/19 of the total available place is allocated to / with a + maximum of 50 GB</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>1/19 is allocated to swap with a maximum of 4 GB</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>the rest (at least 12/19) is allocated to /home</para> + </listitem> + </itemizedlist> + </listitem> + </itemizedlist></para> + + <para>That means that from 160 GB and over of available place, the installer + will create three partitions: 50 GB for /, 4 GB for swap and the rest for + /home.</para> + + <note> + <para>If you are using an UEFI system, the ESP (EFI System Partition) will + be automatically detected, or created if it does not exist yet, and + mounted on /boot/EFI. The "Custom" option is the only one that allows to + check it has been correctly done</para> + </note> + <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 @@ -124,14 +150,13 @@ 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> + to use the following settings:</para> - <para>"Align to" "MiB" </para> + <para>"Align to" "MiB"</para> - <para>"Free space preceding (MiB)" "2" </para> + <para>"Free space preceding (MiB)" "2"</para> <para>Also make sure all partitions are created with an even number of megabytes.</para> </warning> -</section> - +</section>
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