Installation guide

D. An Introduction to Disk Partitions ............................................................................................. 71
D.1. Hard Disk Basic Concepts .............................................................................................. 71
D.1.1. It is Not What You Write, it is How You Write It............................................ 71
D.1.2. Partitions: Turning One Drive Into Many ........................................................ 73
D.1.3. Partitions within Partitions — An Overview of Extended Partitions............... 74
D.1.4. Making Room For Red Hat Enterprise Linux.................................................. 75
D.1.5. Partition Naming Scheme ................................................................................ 79
D.1.6. Disk Partitions and Other Operating Systems.................................................. 80
D.1.7. Disk Partitions and Mount Points .................................................................... 80
D.1.8. How Many Partitions?...................................................................................... 80
E. Driver Media................................................................................................................................. 83
E.1. Why Do I Need Driver Media? ....................................................................................... 83
E.1.1. So What Is Driver Media Anyway?.................................................................. 83
E.1.2. How Do I Obtain Driver Media? ...................................................................... 83
E.1.3. Using a Driver Image During Installation ........................................................ 84
F. Additional Boot Options .............................................................................................................. 87
G. Additional Resources about Itanium and Linux....................................................................... 91
Index................................................................................................................................................... 93
Colophon............................................................................................................................................ 97