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- <div lang="" class="section" title="Format Disks with DiskDrake">
+ <div lang="" class="section" title="Custom disk partitioning with DiskDrake">
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- <h2 class="title"><a name="drakxid-partition_with_diskdrake"></a>Format Disks with DiskDrake
+ <h2 class="title"><a name="diskdrake"></a>Custom disk partitioning with
+ DiskDrake
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-
-
-
-
-
-
-
- <p><a name="BId-drakxid-partition_with_diskdrake-pa1"></a>At this point,
- you need to choose which partition(s) will be used for the
- installation of your <span class="application">Mandriva Linux</span> system. If partitions have
- already been defined, either from a previous installation of
- <span class="application">GNU/Linux</span> or by another partitioning tool, you can use existing
- partitions. Otherwise, hard drive partitions must be
- defined.
- </p>
-
-
- <p><a name="BId-drakxid-partition_with_diskdrake-pa2"></a>To create
- partitions, you must first select a hard drive. You can select the
- disk for partitioning by clicking on <span class="quote">&#8220;<span class="quote">hda</span>&#8221;</span> for the
- first IDE drive, <span class="quote">&#8220;<span class="quote">hdb</span>&#8221;</span> for the second,
- <span class="quote">&#8220;<span class="quote">sda</span>&#8221;</span> for the first <acronym class="acronym">SCSI</acronym> drive and so on.
- </p>
-
- <p><a name="BId-drakxid-partition_with_diskdrake-pa3"></a>To partition
- the selected hard drive, you can use these options:
- </p>
-
-
- <div class="itemizedlist">
- <ul class="itemizedlist">
- <li class="listitem">
-
- <p><a name="BId-drakxid-partition_with_diskdrake-pa4"></a><span class="guibutton">Clear
- all</span>: this option deletes all partitions on the
- selected hard drive
- </p>
- </li>
- <li class="listitem">
-
- <p><a name="BId-drakxid-partition_with_diskdrake-pa5"></a><span class="guibutton">Auto allocate</span>: this option
- enables you to automatically create <acronym class="acronym">ext3</acronym> and swap partitions
- in the free space of your hard drive
- </p>
-
- </li>
- </ul>
- </div>
-
-
- <p><a name="BId-drakxid-partition_with_diskdrake-pa6"></a><span class="guibutton">More</span>: gives access to
- additional features:
- </p>
-
-
- <div class="itemizedlist">
- <ul class="itemizedlist">
- <li class="listitem">
-
- <p><a name="BId-drakxid-partition_with_diskdrake-pa7"></a><span class="guibutton">Save
- partition table</span>: saves the partition table to a
- floppy. Useful for later partition-table recovery if necessary. It
- is strongly recommended that you perform this step.
- </p>
-
- </li>
- <li class="listitem">
-
- <p><a name="BId-drakxid-partition_with_diskdrake-pa8"></a><span class="guibutton">Restore
- partition table</span>: allows you to restore a previously
- saved partition table from a floppy disk.
- </p>
-
- </li>
- <li class="listitem">
-
- <p><a name="BId-drakxid-partition_with_diskdrake-pa9"></a><span class="guibutton">Rescue
- partition table</span>: if your partition table is damaged,
- you can try to recover it using this option. Please be careful and
- remember that it doesn't always work.
- </p>
-
- </li>
- <li class="listitem">
-
- <p><a name="BId-drakxid-partition_with_diskdrake-pa10"></a><span class="guibutton">Reload
- partition table</span>: discards all changes and reloads the
- partition table that was originally on the hard drive.
- </p>
-
- </li>
- <li class="listitem">
-
- <p><a name="BId-drakxid-partition_with_diskdrake-pa11"></a><span class="guilabel">Removable
- media auto-mounting</span>: unchecking this option will force
- users to manually mount and unmount removable media such as
- floppies and <acronym class="acronym">CD-ROM</acronym>s.
- </p>
-
- </li>
- <li class="listitem">
- <p><a name="BId-drakxid-partition_with_diskdrake-pa12"></a><span class="guibutton">Wizard</span>:
- use this option if you wish to use a wizard to partition your hard
- drive. This is recommended if you do not have a good understanding
- of partitioning.
- </p>
- </li>
- <li class="listitem">
- <p><a name="BId-drakxid-partition_with_diskdrake-pa13"></a><span class="guibutton">Undo</span>:
- use this option to cancel your changes.
- </p>
- </li>
- <li class="listitem">
- <p><a name="BId-drakxid-partition_with_diskdrake-pa14"></a><span class="guibutton">Toggle
- between normal/expert mode</span>: allows additional actions
- on partitions (type, options, format) and gives more information
- about the hard drive.
- </p>
- </li>
- <li class="listitem">
-
- <p><a name="BId-drakxid-partition_with_diskdrake-pa15"></a><span class="guibutton">Done</span>:
- when you are finished partitioning your hard drive, this will save
- your changes back to disk.
- </p>
-
- </li>
- </ul>
- </div>
-
- <div class="tip" title="Tip" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;">
- <table border="0" summary="Tip">
+
+ <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="[Tip]" src="tip.png"></td>
- <th align="left">Tip</th>
+ <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="drakx-pa71a"></a>When defining the size of a partition,
- you can finely set the partition size by using the
- <span class="keysym">Arrow</span> keys of your keyboard.
- </p>
- </td>
- </tr>
- </table>
- </div>
-
-
- <p><a name="BId-drakxid-partition_with_diskdrake-pa16"></a>Note: you can
- reach any option using the keyboard. Navigate through the
- partitions using <span class="keycap"><strong>Tab</strong></span> and the
- <span class="keycap"><strong>Up/Down</strong></span> arrows.
- </p>
-
-
- <p><a name="BId-drakxid-partition_with_diskdrake-pa17"></a>When a partition is selected, you can
- use:
- </p>
- <div class="itemizedlist">
- <ul class="itemizedlist">
- <li class="listitem">
-
- <p><a name="BId-drakxid-partition_with_diskdrake-pa18"></a><span class="keysym">Ctrl-</span>+<span class="keysym">c</span>
- to create a new partition (when an empty partition is
- selected)
- </p>
-
- </li>
- <li class="listitem">
-
- <p><a name="BId-drakxid-partition_with_diskdrake-pa19"></a><span class="keysym">Ctrl-</span>+<span class="keysym">d</span>
- to delete a partition
- </p>
-
- </li>
- <li class="listitem">
-
- <p><a name="BId-drakxid-partition_with_diskdrake-pa20"></a><span class="keysym">Ctrl-</span>+<span class="keysym">m</span>
- to set the mount point
- </p>
-
- </li>
- </ul>
- </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">Note</th>
- </tr>
- <tr>
- <td align="left" valign="top">
-
- <p><a name="BId-drakxid-partition_with_diskdrake-pa21"></a>To get
- information about the different file system types available,
- please read the <acronym class="acronym">ext2FS</acronym> chapter from the
- <em class="citetitle">Reference Manual</em>.
+ <p><a name="diskdrake-pa1"></a>If you wish to use encryption on
+ any of your partitions you must ensure that you have a separate /boot
+ partition. The encryption option for the /boot partition must NOT be set,
+ otherwise your system will be unbootable.
</p>
-
+
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</tr>
</table>
</div>
-
- <p><a name="BId-drakxid-partition_with_diskdrake-pa22"></a>If you
- are installing on a PPC machine, you will want to create a small
- HFS <span class="quote">&#8220;<span class="quote">bootstrap</span>&#8221;</span> partition of at least 1<acronym class="acronym">MB</acronym> which
- will be used by the <span class="application">yaboot</span>
- bootloader. If you opt to make the partition a bit larger, say
- 50<acronym class="acronym">MB</acronym>, you may find it a useful place to store a spare kernel
- and ramdisk images for emergency boot situations.
+
+ <p><a name="diskdrake-pa2"></a><span class="emphasis"><em>ADD SOME
+ TEXT</em></span>.
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+ <p><a name="diskdrake-pa3"></a><span class="emphasis"><em>ADD SOME
+ TEXT</em></span>.
+ </p>
+
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