Installation guide

Warning

The Update Agent downloads updated packages to /var/cache/yum/ by default. If

you partition the system manually, and create a separate /var/ partition, be sure to

create the partition large enough (3.0 GB or more) to download package updates.

Figure 4.11. Disk Partitioning Setup

If you choose to create a custom layout using Disk Druid, refer to Section 18, “Partitioning Your

System”.

Warning

If you receive an error after the Disk Partitioning Setup phase of the installation

saying something similar to:

"The partition table on device hda was unreadable. To create new partitions it must

be initialized, causing the loss of ALL DATA on this drive."

you may not have a partition table on that drive or the partition table on the drive

may not be recognizable by the partitioning software used in the installation pro-

15. Disk Partitioning Setup