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the content of your hard drive(s) along with the DrakX partitioning
proposals for where to install Mageia.</p><p><a id="doPartitionDisks-pa2"><!----></a>The actual options
available from those shown below will vary according to the layout and
content of your particular hard drive(s).</p><div class="mediaobject" align="center"><img src="images/live-doPartitionDisks.png" align="middle"/></div><div class="itemizedlist" title="Main Options"><p class="title"><b>Main Options</b></p><ul class="itemizedlist" type="disc"><li class="listitem"><p><a id="doPartitionDisks-pa4"><!----></a><span class="bold"><strong>Use Existing Partitions</strong></span></p><p><a id="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 id="doPartitionDisks-pa6"><!----></a><span class="bold"><strong>Use Free Space</strong></span></p><p><a id="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 id="doPartitionDisks-pa8"><!----></a><span class="bold"><strong>Use Free Space on a Windows Partition</strong></span></p><p><a id="suggestedPartitioning-pa9"><!----></a>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 see the warning below.</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><div class="mediaobject" align="center"><img src="images/live-doPartitionDisks2.png" align="middle"/></div><div class="warning" title="Warning" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"><h3 class="title">Warning</h3><p>This involves shrinking the size of the Windows partition, and
therefore is a risky operation, so you should make sure you have
backed up all important files before proceeding.</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>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 for Mageia.</p></div></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></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><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/live-doPartitionDisks3.png" align="middle"/></div><div class="mediaobject" align="center"><img src="images/live-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/live-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
<code class="filename">/</code>, <code class="filename">/home</code> and
<code class="filename">/var</code>. You can even make your own mount points, for
instance <code class="filename">/video</code> for a partition where you want to
store your films, or perhaps <code class="filename">/Data</code> for all your
data files.</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>For any partitions that you don't need to make use of, you can
leave the mount point field blank.</p></li></ul></div><div class="warning" title="Warning" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"><h3 class="title">Warning</h3><p>If you make any changes here, ensure you still have a
<code class="filename">/</code> (root) partition.</p></div><div class="tip" title="Tip" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"><h3 class="title">Tip</h3><p>If you are not sure what to choose, click
<span class="emphasis"><em>Previous</em></span> to go back and then tick <span class="emphasis"><em>Custom
disk partitioning</em></span>, where you can click on a partition to see
its type and size.</p></div><p>If you are sure the mount points are correct, click on
<span class="emphasis"><em>Next</em></span>, and choose whether you only want to format the
partition suggested by DrakX, or more.</p></div><div xml:lang="" class="section" title="Confirm hard disk to be formatted"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="takeOverHdConfirm"><!----></a>Confirm hard disk to be
formatted</h3></div></div></div><div class="mediaobject" align="center"><img src="images/live-takeOverHdConfirm.png" align="middle"/></div><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" type="disc"><li class="listitem"><p><a id="takeOverHdConfirm-pa1"><!----></a>Click on
<span class="emphasis"><em>Previous</em></span> if you are at all unsure about your
choice.</p></li><li class="listitem"><p><a id="takeOverHdConfirm-pa2"><!----></a>Click on
<span class="emphasis"><em>Next</em></span> to proceed if you are sure that it is OK to
erase <span class="bold"><strong>every</strong></span> partition, <span class="bold"><strong>every</strong></span> operating system and <span class="bold"><strong>all data</strong></span> that might be on that hard disk.</p></li></ul></div></div><div xml:lang="" class="section" title="Custom Disk Partitioning with DiskDrake"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="diskdrake"><!----></a>Custom Disk Partitioning with
DiskDrake</h3></div></div></div><div class="mediaobject" align="center"><img src="images/live-diskdrake.png" align="middle"/></div><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" type="disc"><li class="listitem"><p><a id="diskdrake-pa3"><!----></a>Modify the layout of your
disk(s) here. You can remove or create partitions, change the filesystem
or size of a partition and even view their details before you
start.</p></li><li class="listitem"><p><a id="diskdrake-pa4"><!----></a>There is a tab at the top for
every detected hard disk (or other storage device, like a USB key), for
example: <code class="filename">sda</code>, <code class="filename">sdb</code>,
<code class="filename">sdc</code> etc.</p></li><li class="listitem"><p><a id="diskdrake-pa6"><!----></a>For all other actions: click
on the desired partition first. Then view it, or choose a filesystem and
a mount point, resize it or wipe it. <span class="emphasis"><em>Expert mode</em></span>
provides more options such as to label (name) a partition, or to choose
a partition type.</p></li><li class="listitem"><p><a id="diskdrake-pa6a"><!----></a>Continue until you have
adjusted everything to your satisfaction, then click
<span class="emphasis"><em>Done</em></span> when you're ready.</p></li></ul></div><div class="warning" title="Warning" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"><h3 class="title">Warning</h3><div class="orderedlist"><ol class="orderedlist" type="1"><li class="listitem"><p><a id="diskdrake-pa5"><!----></a>Take care with the
<span class="emphasis"><em>Clear all</em></span> option, use it only if you are sure you
want to wipe all partitions on the selected storage device.</p></li><li class="listitem"><p><a id="diskdrake-pa1"><!----></a>If you wish to use
encryption on your <code class="filename">/</code> partition you must ensure
that you have a separate <code class="filename">/boot</code> partition. The
encryption option for the <code class="filename">/boot</code> partition must
NOT be set, otherwise your system will be unbootable.</p></li></ol></div></div><div class="important" title="Important" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"><h3 class="title">Important</h3><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" type="disc"><li class="listitem"><p>If you are installing Mageia on a UEFI system, check that an ESP
(EFI System Partition) is present and correctly mounted on
<code class="filename">/boot/EFI</code>. See Figure 1 below.</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>If you are installing Mageia on a Legacy/GPT system, check that
a BIOS boot partition is present and of the correct type. See Figure 2
below.</p></li></ul></div></div><div class="figure"><a id="d4e634"><!----></a><p class="title"><b>Figure 1. EFI System Partition</b></p><div class="figure-contents"><div class="mediaobject" align="center"><img src="images/live-diskdrake2.png" align="middle" alt="EFI System Partition"/></div></div></div><br class="figure-break"/><div class="figure"><a id="d4e639"><!----></a><p class="title"><b>Figure 2. BIOS boot partition</b></p><div class="figure-contents"><div class="mediaobject" align="center"><img src="images/live-doPartitionDisks3.png" align="middle" alt="BIOS boot partition"/></div></div></div><br class="figure-break"/></div><div xml:lang="" class="section" title="Formatting"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="formatPartitions"><!----></a>Formatting</h3></div></div></div><div class="mediaobject" align="center"><img src="images/live-formatPartitions.png" align="middle"/></div><p><a id="formatPartitions-pa1"><!----></a>Here you can choose which
partition(s) you wish to format. Any data on partitions
<span class="emphasis"><em>not</em></span> marked for formatting will be preserved.</p><p><a id="formatPartitions-pa2"><!----></a>Usually, at least the
partitions that DrakX selected need to be formatted.</p><p><a id="formatPartitions-pa3"><!----></a>Click on
<span class="emphasis"><em>Advanced</em></span> to choose the partitions you want to check for
so-called <span class="emphasis"><em>bad blocks</em></span></p><div class="tip" title="Tip" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"><h3 class="title">Tip</h3><p><a id="formatPartitions-pa4"><!----></a>If you're not sure you
have made the right choice, you can click on
<span class="emphasis"><em>Previous</em></span>, again on <span class="emphasis"><em>Previous</em></span> and
then on <span class="emphasis"><em>Custom</em></span> to get back to the main screen, where
you can choose to view details of your partitions.</p></div><p><a id="formatPartitions-pa5"><!----></a>When you are confident
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