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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.</p><p>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 dragging the gap between both + partitions. See the screen-shot below.</p><div class="mediaobject" align="center"><img src="images/dx2-doPartitionDisks2.png" align="middle"/></div></li></ul></div><p> </p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" type="disc"><li class="listitem"><p><a id="doPartitionDisks-pa12"><!----></a>Erase and use Entire + Disk.</p><p><a id="doPartitionDisks-pa13"><!----></a>This option will use + the complete drive for Mageia.</p><p><a id="doPartitionDisks-pa14"><!----></a>Note! This will + erase ALL data on the selected hard drive. Take care!</p><p><a id="doPartitionDisks-pa15"><!----></a>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.</p></li></ul></div><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" type="disc"><li class="listitem"><p><a id="doPartitionDisks-pa16"><!----></a>Custom disk + partitioning</p><p><a id="doPartitionDisks-pa17"><!----></a>This gives you + complete control over the placing of the installation on your hard + drive(s).</p></li></ul></div><p><span class="bold"><strong>Partition sizing:</strong></span></p><p>The installer will share the available place out according to the + following rules:</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" type="disc"><li class="listitem"><p>If the total available place is lower than 50 GB, only one + partition is created for /, there is no separate partition for + /home.</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>If the total available place is over 50 GB, then three + partitions are created</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" type="circle"><li class="listitem"><p>6/19 of the total available place is allocated to / with a + maximum of 50 GB</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>1/19 is allocated to swap with a maximum of 4 GB</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>the rest (at least 12/19) is allocated to /home</p></li></ul></div></li></ul></div><p>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.</p><div class="note" title="Note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"><h3 class="title">Note</h3><p>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 disk partitioning" option is the only + one that allows to check it has been correctly done</p></div><div class="note" title="Note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"><h3 class="title">Note</h3><p>If you are using a Legacy (as known as CSM or BIOS) system with a + GPT disk, you need to create a Bios boot partition if not already + existing. It is an about 1 MiB partition with no mount point. Choose <a class="xref" href="diskdrake.html" title="Custom disk partitioning with DiskDrake">the section called “Custom disk partitioning with + DiskDrake”</a> to be able to create it with the Installer like any + other partition, just select BIOS boot partition as filesystem + type.</p><div class="mediaobject" align="center"><img src="images/dx2-doPartitionDisks3.png" align="middle"/></div><div class="mediaobject"><img src="images/dx2-doPartitionDisks4.png"/></div></div><div class="warning" title="Warning" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"><h3 class="title">Warning</h3><p>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:</p><p>"Align to" "MiB"</p><p>"Free space preceding (MiB)" "2"</p><p>Also make sure all partitions are created with an even number of + megabytes.</p></div></div><script xmlns="" type="text/javascript" src="main.js"><!----></script><hr xmlns=""/><div xmlns="" class="copyright">© Mageia</div><div xmlns="" class="license"><a href="index.html#CC_BY-SA">CC BY-SA 3.0</a></div><div id="upload_date">Uploaded on 14/07/2017</div><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="selectKeyboard.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"> </td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="ask_mntpoint_s.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top"> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" 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