Operation Manual

WARNING: Creating a New Partition Table
Creating a new partition table on a device irreversibly removes all the
partitions and their data from that device.
Clone This Disk
This option helps you clone the device partition layout (but not the data) to other
available disk devices.
3.1.5 Advanced Options
After you select the hostname of the computer (the top-level of the tree in the System
View pane), you can access the Congure... menu in the lower right part of the Expert
Partitioner window. The menu contains the following commands:
Congure iSCSI
To access SCSI over IP block devices, you rst have to congure iSCSI. This results
in additionally available devices in the main partition list.
Congure Multipath
Selecting this option helps you congure the multipath enhancement to the supported
mass storage devices.
3.1.6 More Partitioning Tips
The following section includes a few hints and tips on partitioning that should help you
make the right decisions when setting up your system.
TIP: Cylinder Numbers
Note, that different partitioning tools may start counting the cylinders of a
partition with 0 or with 1. When calculating the number of cylinders, you should
always use the difference between the last and the rst cylinder number and
add one.
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