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Confirm Password text field. To save the password as an encrypted password in the file, select
Encrypt GRUB password. If the encryption option is selected, when the file is saved, the plain text
password that you typed is encrypted and written to the kickstart file. If the password you typed was
already encrypted, unselect the encryption option.
If Upgrade an existing installation is selected on the Installation Method page, select
Upgrade existing boot loader to upgrade the existing boot loader configuration, while
preserving the old entries.
32.4. Part it ion Informat ion
Fig u re 32.4 . Part it io n In f o rmat io n
Select whether or not to clear the Master Boot Record (MBR). Choose to remove all existing partitions,
remove all existing Linux partitions, or preserve existing partitions.
To initialize the disk label to the default for the architecture of the system (for example, msdos for x86
and gpt for Itanium), select Initialize the disk label if you are installing on a brand new
hard drive.
Note
Although anaconda and kickstart support Logical Volume Management (LVM), at present
there is no mechanism for configuring this using the Kickst art Co n f ig u rat o r.
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