Installation guide

4.1. Creating Partitions
To create a partition, click the Add button. The Partition Options window shown in Figure 29.5,
“Creating Partitions” appears. Choose the mount point, file system type, and partition size for
the new partition. Optionally, you can also choose from the following:
• In the Additional Size Options section, choose to make the partition a fixed size, up to a
chosen size, or fill the remaining space on the hard drive. If you selected swap as the file
system type, you can select to have the installation program create the swap partition with
the recommended size instead of specifying a size.
• Force the partition to be created as a primary partition.
• Create the partition on a specific hard drive. For example, to make the partition on the first
IDE hard disk (/dev/hda), specify hda as the drive. Do not include /dev in the drive name.
• Use an existing partition. For example, to make the partition on the first partition on the first
IDE hard disk (/dev/hda1), specify hda1 as the partition. Do not include /dev in the partition
name.
• Format the partition as the chosen file system type.
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