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6.3.3. T rouble wit h Part it ion T ables
If you receive an error after the Disk Partitioning Setup (Section 4.16, “ 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 program.
Users who have used programs such as EZ - BIO S have experienced similar problems, causing data
to be lost (assuming the data was not backed up before the installation began) that could not be
recovered.
No matter what type of installation you are performing, backups of the existing data on your systems
should always be made.
6.3.4 . Using Remaining Space
You have a swap and a / (root) partition created, and you have selected the root partition to use the
remaining space, but it does not fill the hard drive.
If your hard drive is more than 1024 cylinders, you must create a /boot partition if you want the /
(root) partition to use all of the remaining space on your hard drive.
6.3.5. Ot her Part it ioning Problems
If you are using Disk Dru id to create partitions, but cannot move to the next screen, you probably
have not created all the partitions necessary for Disk Dru id 's dependencies to be satisfied.
You must have the following partitions as a bare minimum:
A / (root) partition
A <swap> partition of type swap
Note
When defining a partition's type as swap, do not assign it a mount point. Disk Dru id
automatically assigns the mount point for you.
6.3.6. Ot her Part it ioning Problems for It anium Syst em Users
If you are using Disk Dru id to create partitions, but cannot move to the next screen, you probably
have not created all the partitions necessary for Disk Dru id 's dependencies to be satisfied.
You must have the following partitions as a bare minimum:
A /boot/efi/ partition of type VFAT
A / (root) partition
A <swap> partition of type swap
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