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diff --git a/doPartitionDisks.html b/doPartitionDisks.html index a8d9412..cb704f7 100644 --- a/doPartitionDisks.html +++ b/doPartitionDisks.html @@ -23,75 +23,54 @@ </div> </div> - - - <p><a name="doPartitionDisks-pa1"></a>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 <span class="application">Mageia</span>. </p> - <p><a name="doPartitionDisks-pa2"></a>The options available from the list below will vary depending on your particular hard drive(s) layout and content. </p> - - <p><a name="doPartitionDisks-pa3"></a></p> <div class="itemizedlist"> <ul class="itemizedlist"> <li class="listitem"> - <p><a name="doPartitionDisks-pa4"></a>Use Existing Partitions </p> - - <p><a name="doPartitionDisks-pa5"></a>If this option is available, then existing Linux compatible partitions have been found and may be used for the installation. </p> - </li> <li class="listitem"> - <p><a name="doPartitionDisks-pa6"></a>Use Free Space </p> - - <p><a name="doPartitionDisks-pa7"></a>If you have unused space on your hard drive then this option will use it for your new Mageia installation. </p> - </li> <li class="listitem"> - <p><a name="doPartitionDisks-pa8"></a>Use Free Space on a Windows Partition </p> - - <p><a name="doPartitionDisks-pa9"></a>If you have unused space on an existing Windows partition, the installer may offer to use it. </p> - - <p><a name="doPartitionDisks-pa10"></a>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! </p> - - <p><a name="doPartitionDisks-pa11"></a>Note that this involves shrinking the size of the Windows partition. The partition must be "clean", meaning that Windows must have closed down correctly @@ -100,17 +79,12 @@ 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> - - - </li> </ul> </div> @@ -118,106 +92,78 @@ <div class="itemizedlist"> <ul class="itemizedlist"> <li class="listitem"> - <p><a name="doPartitionDisks-pa12"></a>Erase and use Entire Disk. </p> - - <p><a name="doPartitionDisks-pa13"></a>This option will use the complete drive for Mageia. </p> - - <p><a name="doPartitionDisks-pa14"></a>Note! This will erase ALL data on the selected hard drive. Take care! </p> - - <p><a name="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"> <li class="listitem"> - - <p><a name="doPartitionDisks-pa16"></a>Custom + <p><a name="doPartitionDisks-pa16"></a>Custom disk + partitioning </p> - - <p><a name="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>Partitions sizing:</strong></span></p> - + <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"> <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"> <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;"> <table border="0" summary="Note"> @@ -230,15 +176,38 @@ <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" option is the only one that allows to - check it has been correctly done + mounted on /boot/EFI. The "Custom disk partitioning" option is the only + one that allows to check it has been correctly done </p> </td> </tr> </table> </div> - + + <div class="note" title="Note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"> + <table border="0" summary="Note"> + <tr> + <td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top" width="25"><img alt="[Note]" src="note.png"></td> + <th align="left"></th> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" valign="top"> + + <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> + + + + </td> + </tr> + </table> + </div> <div class="warning" title="Warning" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"> <table border="0" summary="Warning"> @@ -257,13 +226,10 @@ 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. |