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<?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:lang="cs" xml:id="doPartitionDisks">
  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  
  
  

  <info>
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<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 align="center" fileref="dx2-doPartitionDisks.png"
/> </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 created with an even number of megabytes.</para>
  </warning>
</section>