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diff --git a/docs/installer/en/drakdisk.xml b/docs/installer/en/drakdisk.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..8d689c5d --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/installer/en/drakdisk.xml @@ -0,0 +1,74 @@ +<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?><section xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" 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:ns2="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:ns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" version="5.0" xml:id="drakdisk"> + <!-- + lebarhon 2012-08-30 Added some comments. Imho, the option button needs explanations --> + + <!--marja 2012-09-02 changed title to visible title for this tool in MCC --> + + <info> + <title xml:id="drakdisk-ti1">Manage disk partitions</title> + + <subtitle>drakdisk or diskdrake</subtitle> + </info> + + <mediaobject> + <imageobject> + <imagedata xml:id="drakdiskBackup-im1" width="546" revision="1" depth="101" fileref="drakdiskBackup.png" align="center" format="PNG"/> + </imageobject> + </mediaobject> + + <warning> + <para>This tool is very powerful, a tiny error or a cat jumping on your + keyboard can lead to losing all data on a partition or even to erasing the + entire hard disk. For that reason, you'll see the screen above on top of + the tool screen. Click on <emphasis>Exit</emphasis> if you're not sure you + want to continue.</para> + </warning> + + <para>If you have more than one hard disk, you can switch to the hard disk + you want to work on by selecting the correct tab (sda, sdb, sdc etc).</para> + + <mediaobject> + <imageobject> + <imagedata revision="1" align="center" xml:id="drakdisk-im1" width="629" fileref="drakdisk.png" depth="404" format="PNG"/> + </imageobject> + </mediaobject> + + <para>You can choose from many actions to adjust your hard disk to your + preferences. Wiping an entire hard disk, splitting or merging partitions, + resizing them or changing the filesystem, formatting or viewing what is in a + partition: it is all possible. The <emphasis><guibutton>Clear + all</guibutton></emphasis> button at the bottom is to erase the complete + disk, the other buttons become visible on the right after you click on a partition.</para> + + <para>If the partition you select is mounted, like in the example below, you + cannot choose to resize, format or delete it. To be able to do that the + partition must be unmounted first.</para> + + <para>It is only possible to resize a partition on its right side</para> + + <para>To change a partition type (change ext3 to ext4 for example) you have + to delete the partition and then re-create it with the new type. The button + <guibutton role="bold">Create</guibutton> appears when a disk empty part is + selected</para> + + <para>You can choose a mount point that doesn't exist, it will be + created.</para> + + <mediaobject> + <imageobject> + <imagedata xml:id="drakdiskMountedPartition-im1" revision="1" fileref="drakdiskMountedPartition.png" align="center" width="629" format="PNG" depth="434"/> + </imageobject> + </mediaobject> + + <para>Selecting <emphasis><guibutton>Toggle to expert + mode</guibutton></emphasis> gives some extra available actions, like + labelling the partition, as can be seen in the screenshot below.</para> + + <mediaobject> + <imageobject> + <imagedata revision="1" depth="449" xml:id="drakdiskExpertUnmounted-im1" align="center" fileref="drakdiskExpertUnmounted.png" width="629" format="PNG"/> + </imageobject> + </mediaobject> + + <para>You can start this tool from the command line, by typing <emphasis role="bold">drakdisk</emphasis> or <emphasis role="bold">diskdrake</emphasis> as root.</para> +</section>
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