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>Chapter 5. Partition Information</H1
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>Figure 5-1. Partition Information</B
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> Select whether or not to clear the Master Boot Record (MBR). You can
also choose to remove all existing partitions, remove all
existing Linux partitions, or preserve existing partitions.
</P
><P
> You can initialize the disk label to the default for the architecture of
the system (for example, <TT
CLASS="COMMAND"
>msdos</TT
> for x86 and
<TT
CLASS="COMMAND"
>gpt</TT
> for Itanium). Select <B
CLASS="GUILABEL"
>Initialize the
disk label</B
> if you are installing on a brand new hard drive.
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>Creating Partitions</H1
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> To create a partition, click the <B
CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
>Add</B
>
button. The <B
CLASS="GUILABEL"
>Partition Options</B
> window shown in
<A
HREF="system-config-kickstart-partitions.html#REDHAT-CONFIG-KICKSTART-ADD-PART-FIG"
>Figure 5-2</A
> will
appear. Choose mount point, file system type, and partition size for
the new partition. Optionally, you can also choose from the following:
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><P
>In the <B
CLASS="GUILABEL"
>Additional Size Options</B
> section, choose to
make the partition a fixed size, up to a chosen size, or fill the
remaining space on the hard drive. If you selected swap as the
file system type, you can select to have the installation program
create the swap partition with the recommended size instead of
specifying a size.
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>Force the partition to be created as a primary partition.</P
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>Create the partition on a specific hard drive. For example, to
make the partition on the first IDE hard disk
(<TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>/dev/hda</TT
>), specify
<TT
CLASS="USERINPUT"
><B
>hda</B
></TT
> as the drive. Do not include
<TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>/dev</TT
> in the drive name.
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>Use an existing partition. For example, to make the partition on
the first partition on the first IDE hard disk
(<TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>/dev/hda1</TT
>), specify
<TT
CLASS="USERINPUT"
><B
>hda1</B
></TT
> as the partition. Do not include
<TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>/dev</TT
> in the partition name.
</P
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><P
>Format the partition as the chosen file system type.</P
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>Figure 5-2. Creating Partitions</B
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> To edit an existing partition, select the partition from the list and
click the <B
CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
>Edit</B
> button. The same
<B
CLASS="GUILABEL"
>Partition Options</B
> window that appears when you
add a partition appears, except it contains the values for the
selected partition. Modify the partition options and click
<B
CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
>OK</B
>.
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><P
> To delete an existing partition, select the partition from the list
and click the <B
CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
>Delete</B
> button.
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>Creating Software RAID Partitions</H2
><P
> RAID 0, 1, and 5 can be configured.
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><P
> To create a software RAID partition, use the following steps:
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>Click the <B
CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
>RAID</B
> button.</P
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>Select <B
CLASS="GUILABEL"
>Create a software RAID
partition</B
>.
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><P
>Configure the partitions as previously described, except
select <B
CLASS="GUILABEL"
>Software RAID</B
> as the file system
type. Also, you must specify a hard drive on which to make the
partition or specify an existing partition to use.</P
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><P
><B
>Figure 5-3. Creating a Software RAID Partition</B
></P
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><P
> Repeat these steps to create as many partitions as needed for your
RAID setup. All of your partitions do not have to be RAID
partitions.
</P
><P
> After creating all the partitions needed to form a RAID device,
follow these steps:
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><OL
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><LI
><P
>Click the <B
CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
>RAID</B
> button.</P
></LI
><LI
><P
>Select <B
CLASS="GUILABEL"
>Create a RAID device</B
>.</P
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><LI
><P
>Select a mount point, file system type, RAID device name,
RAID level, RAID members, number of spares for the software
RAID device, and whether to format the partition.</P
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><B
>Figure 5-4. Creating a Software RAID Device</B
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>Click <B
CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
>OK</B
> to add the device to the
list.</P
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