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one of these partitions. Accept the proposal with Next and proceed with the installation.
Experienced users can also customize the proposal or apply their own partitioning
scheme.
The proposed partitioning is Partition Based by default. If you prefer an LVM Based
setup, check the respective option to automatically convert the proposal. Refer to Sec-
tion 3.2, “LVM Conguration” (page 84) for more information about the Logical
Volume Manager (LVM).
To make small changes in the proposal (like changing the le system type or encrypt
partitions), select Edit Partition Setup and adjust the settings. See Section 3.1, “Using
the YaST Partitioner” (page 73) for instructions.
Figure 1.6:
Suggested Partitioning
1.10.1 Partitioning a Specic Disk
If your machine contains more than one hard disk and you want to restrict the partitioning
proposal to just one disk, choose Create Partition Setup and then select a specic disk
from the list. If the chosen hard disk does not contain any partitions yet, the whole hard
disk will be used for the proposal. Otherwise, you can choose which existing partition(s)
to utilize. To add a separate partition for you personal data check Propose a Separate
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