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diff --git a/ask_mntpoint_s.html b/ask_mntpoint_s.html index 01dd0e8..e369a60 100644 --- a/ask_mntpoint_s.html +++ b/ask_mntpoint_s.html @@ -2,59 +2,122 @@ <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> - <title>Choosing Mount Points</title> + <title>Choose the mount points</title> <meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.75.2"> <link rel="home" href="index.html" title="Installation with DrakX"> <link rel="up" href="index.html" title="Installation with DrakX"> - <link rel="prev" href="takeOverHdConfirm.html" title="Confirm data deletion"> - <link rel="next" href="formatPartitions.html" title="Choose Partitions to Be Formatted"><style xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional" type="text/css"> + <link rel="prev" href="takeOverHdConfirm.html" title="Confirm hard disk to be formatted"> + <link rel="next" href="formatPartitions.html" title="Formatting"><style xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional" type="text/css"> <!-- body { font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px } table { font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px } --></style></head> <body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"> - <div lang="" class="section" title="Choosing Mount Points"> + <div lang="" class="section" title="Choose the mount points"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> - <h2 class="title"><a name="drakxid-ask_mntpoint_s"></a>Choosing Mount Points + <h2 class="title"><a name="ask_mntpoint_s"></a>Choose the mount points </h2> </div> </div> </div> - - + - - - - <p><a name="BId-drakxid-ask_mntpoint_s-pa1"></a>Listed here are the existing Linux - partitions detected on your hard drive. You can keep the choices - made by the wizard, since they are good for most common - installations. If you make any changes, you must at least define a - <a class="indexterm" name="BId-drakxid-ask_mntpoint_s-it1"></a><a class="indexterm" name="BId-drakxid-ask_mntpoint_s-it2"></a>root partition (<code class="literal">/</code>). Do not choose too small a partition or you will not be able to install enough software. In most cases it is best to also - create a <code class="literal">/home</code> partition, to store your data on (only possible if you - have more than one Linux partition available). + + <p><a name="ask_mntpoint_s-pa1"></a>Here you see the Linux partitions that have been found on your computer. If you don't agree with the suggestions of <span class="application">DrakX</span>, you can change the mount points. </p> + + + <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">Note</th> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" valign="top"> + + <p><a name="ask_mntpoint_s-pa1"></a>If you change anything, make sure you still have at least ONE <code class="literal">/</code> partition + </p> + </td> + </tr> + </table> + </div> + + + + <div class="itemizedlist"> + <ul class="itemizedlist"> + <li class="listitem"> + + + <p><a name="ask_mntpoint_s-pa3"></a>Every partition is shown + as follows: "Device" ("Capacity", "Mount point", "Type"). + </p> + + + </li> + <li class="listitem"> + + + <p><a name="ask_mntpoint_s-pa4"></a>"Device", is made up of: "hard drive", "hard drive number", "partition number" (for example, "sda5"). + </p> + + + </li> + <li class="listitem"> + + + <p><a name="ask_mntpoint_s-pa5"></a>Each partition is listed + as follows: "Device", "Capacity", "Mount point", "Type". + </p> + + + </li> + <li class="listitem"> + + + <p><a name="ask_mntpoint_s-pa6"></a>If you have many partitions, you can choose many different mount points from the drop down menu, such as <code class="literal">/</code>, <code class="literal">/home</code> and <code class="literal">/var</code>. You can even make your own mount points, for instance <code class="literal">/video</code> for a partition where you want to store your films, or <code class="literal">/cauldron-home</code> for the <code class="literal">/home</code> partition of a cauldron install. + </p> + + + + </li> + <li class="listitem"> + + + <p><a name="ask_mntpoint_s-pa7"></a>For partitions you don't need to have access to, you can leave the mount point field blank. + </p> + + + </li> + </ul> + </div> - - <p><a name="BId-drakxid-ask_mntpoint_s-pa2"></a>Each partition is listed - as follows: "Device", "Capacity", "Mount point","Type". - </p> + + <div class="warning" title="Warning" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"> + <table border="0" summary="Warning"> + <tr> + <td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top" width="25"><img alt="[Warning]" src="warning.png"></td> + <th align="left">Warning</th> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" valign="top"> + + <p><a name="ask_mntpoint_s-pa9"></a>Choose <span class="guibutton">Previous</span> if you are not sure what to choose, and then tick <span class="guilabel">Custom disk partitioning</span>. In the screen that follows, you can click on a partition to see it's type and size. + </p> + </td> + </tr> + </table> + </div> - - <p><a name="BId-drakxid-ask_mntpoint_s-pa3"></a>"Device", is structured: "hard drive type", "hard drive number", "partition number" (for example, "sda5"). - </p> - - - - - <p><a name="BId-drakxid-ask_mntpoint_s-pa7"></a>When the mount points are correct, or corrected, click <span class="guibutton">Next</span>. You'll then be given the choice to format one or more of the partitions you just chose to install Mageia on. Usually, formatting - <code class="literal">/</code> and saving <code class="literal">/home</code> (if the same partition was your <code class="literal">/home</code> before), is a good choice. + <p><a name="ask_mntpoint_s-pa9"></a>You are sure the mount points are correct? Now click on <span class="guibutton">Next</span>, and choose whether you only want to format the partition(s) DrakX suggests, or more. </p> + </div> </body> |