Installation guide

Option Description
Mount
Point
Type the location of the mount point for the partition.
For example, /, /boot, /usr, /var/log. You use the first partition for the
operating system and then specify a second mount point for user home
directories.
The mount points value must meet the specific criteria.
n
/ and /boot are required mount points.
n
Duplicate mount points are not allowed.
n
For a swap partition, the mount point and the file system type should be swap.
n
When naming mount points, you can use letters, digits, ., -, _, and +. Spaces are
not allowed.
Volume
Name
Type the name of the logical partition.
For example, LogVol00.
The volume names must meet specific criteria.
n
When naming volumes, you can use letters, digits, ., or _. Spaces are not
allowed.
n
The name limit 16 characters.
n
If you assign a volume name, you must assign a volume group name.
n
If you assign more than one volume name in a volume group, you cannot use
the same name for each volume name.
Volume
Size
The the size of the partition in megabytes or gigabytes.
For example, 10MB or 1GB.
If you select Grow partition to use all remaining space, you can specify a value
of 0MB. If Grow is not selected, you must specify a valid partition size.
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