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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head> <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=7"/> <title>Partitioning</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL-NS 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="selectKeyboard.html" title="Keyboard"/><link rel="next" href="software.html" title="Software"/><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/><script type="text/javascript"> //The id for tree cookie var treeCookieId = "treeview-2621"; var language = "en"; var w = new Object(); //Localization txt_filesfound = 'Results'; txt_enter_at_least_1_char = "You must enter at least one character."; txt_browser_not_supported = "JavaScript is disabled on your browser. 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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>With this option, the installer displays the remaining Windows partition in light blue and the proposed Mageia partition in dark blue with their intended sizes just underneath. You have the option to modify these sizes by clicking and dragging the gap between both partitions. See the following screenshot:</p></li><li class="listitem"><p><a id="doPartitionDisks-pa12"></a><span class="bold"><strong>Erase and use Entire Disk</strong></span></p><p><a id="doPartitionDisks-pa13"></a>This option will allocate the entire drive for Mageia</p><div class="warning" title="Warning" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"><h3 class="title">Warning</h3><p><a id="doPartitionDisks-pa14"></a>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.</p></div><div class="important" title="Important" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"><h3 class="title">Important</h3><p><a id="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 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></div></li><li class="listitem"><p><a id="doPartitionDisks-pa16"></a><span class="bold"><strong>Custom Disk Partitioning</strong></span></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><div class="mediaobject" align="center"><img src="images/dx2-doPartitionDisks2.png" align="middle"/></div><p>If you are not using the <span class="emphasis"><em>Custom disk partitioning</em></span> option, then the installer will allocate the available space according to the following rules:</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" type="disc"><li class="listitem"><p>If the total available space is less than 50 GB, then only one partition is created. This will be the <code class="filename">/</code> (root) partition.</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>If the total available space is greater than 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 <code class="filename">/</code> with a maximum of 50 GB</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>1/19 is allocated to <code class="filename">swap</code> with a maximum of 4 GB</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>the rest (at least 12/19) is allocated to <code class="filename">/home</code></p></li></ul></div></li></ul></div><p>This means that from 160 GB or greater available space, the installer will create three partitions:</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" type="disc"><li class="listitem"><p>50 GB for <code class="filename">/</code></p></li><li class="listitem"><p>4 GB for <code class="filename">swap</code></p></li><li class="listitem"><p>and the remainder for <code class="filename">/home</code></p></li></ul></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 UEFI system, the ESP (EFI System Partition) will be automatically detected - or created if it does not exist yet - and mounted on <code class="filename">/boot/EFI</code>. The <span class="emphasis"><em>Custom disk partitioning</em></span> option is the only one that allows to check it has been correctly done.</p><p>If you are using a Legacy (also known as BIOS) system with a GPT partitioned disk, you need to create a BIOS boot partition if it doesn't already exist. It should be about 1 MiB with no mount point. It can be created with the Installer, under <span class="emphasis"><em>Custom disk partitioning</em></span>, like any other partition. Be sure to select <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">BIOS boot partition</span>”</span> for filesystem type.</p><p>See <a class="xref" href="diskPartitioning.html#diskdrake" title="Custom Disk Partitioning with DiskDrake">DiskDrake</a> for information on how to proceed.</p></div><div class="mediaobject" align="center"><img src="images/dx2-doPartitionDisks3.png" align="middle"/></div><div class="mediaobject" align="center"><img src="images/dx2-doPartitionDisks4.png" align="middle"/></div><div class="important" title="Important" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"><h3 class="title">Important</h3><p>Some newer drives are now using 4096 byte logical sectors, instead of the previous standard of 512. Due to lack of available hardware, the partitioning tool used in the installer has not been tested with such a drive.</p><p>Some SSD devices now use an erase block size over 1 MB. If you have such a device we suggest that you partition the drive in advance, using an alternative partitioning tool like gparted, and to use the following settings:</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" type="disc"><li class="listitem"><p><span class="emphasis"><em>Align to</em></span> = MiB</p></li><li class="listitem"><p><span class="emphasis"><em>Free space preceding (MiB)</em></span> = 2</p></li></ul></div><p>Also make sure all partitions are created using an even number of megabytes.</p></div></div><div xml:lang="" class="section" title="Choose the mount points"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="ask_mntpoint_s"></a>Choose the mount points</h3></div></div></div><div class="mediaobject" align="center"><img src="images/dx2-chooseMountpoints.png" align="middle"/></div><p>Here you see the Linux partitions that have been found on your computer. If you don't agree with the DrakX suggestions, you can change the mount points yourself.</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" type="disc"><li class="listitem"><p>To the left of the drop-down menus is a list of available partitions. For example: <code class="filename">sda</code> is a hard drive - and <code class="filename">5</code> is a <span class="emphasis"><em>partition number</em></span>, followed by the<span class="emphasis"><em> (capacity, mount point, filesystem type)</em></span> of the partition.</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>If you have several partitions, you can choose various different <span class="emphasis"><em>mount points</em></span> from the drop down menu, such as


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