Partitioning

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 + Mageia.

The options available from + the list below will vary depending on your particular hard drive(s) layout + and content.

Use Existing + Partitions
If this option is + available, then existing Linux compatible partitions have been found + and may be used for the installation.
Use Free Space
If you have unused + space on your hard drive then this option will use it for your new + Mageia installation.
Use Free Space on a + Windows Partition
If you have unused + space on an existing Windows partition, the installer may offer to use + it.
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!
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.
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.

Erase and use Entire + Disk.
This option will use + the complete drive for Mageia.
Note! This will + erase ALL data on the selected hard drive. Take care!
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.

Custom
This gives you + complete control over the placing of the installation on your hard + drive(s).

Partitions sizing:

The installer will share the available place out according to the + following rules:

If the total available place is lower than 50 GB, only one + partition is created for /, there is no separate partition for + /home.
If the total available place is over 50 GB, then three + partitions are created
- 6/19 of the total available place is allocated to / with a + maximum of 50 GB
- 1/19 is allocated to swap with a maximum of 4 GB
- the rest (at least 12/19) is allocated to /home

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.

Note

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

Warning

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:

"Align to" "MiB"

"Free space preceding (MiB)" "2"

Also make sure all partitions are created with an even number of + megabytes.

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Uploaded on 02/10/2016

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