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Part I ✦ SUSE Linux Basics
✦ Language — Set the language of the system and also the installation process.
This was already set earlier in the installation process.
✦ Default Runlevel — Set the initial boot runlevel for the system. Runlevels are
discussed in Chapter 4. For now, the default value (runlevel 5) is acceptable.
✦ Reset to defaults —Remove all changes you have made and start from scratch.
This is useful for testing installation mixtures and seeing how these affect your
system. This is accessible from the Change button at the bottom of the screen.
Throughout the remainder of the installation, we talk in more detail about what
these settings do to your system and we also discuss the ways in which you can
change these settings.
Partitioning Your Disks
YaST initially chooses a partitioning scheme based on your disk layout. It is very
likely that the installation default will be fine (see Figure 1-9) for a first-time user.
For other users, YaST enables you to control the layout of partitions on the disk,
the type of filesystems that are used on those partitions, and any options that will
be used when mounting them.
Figure 1-9: Partitioning
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