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If you select “ Manually partition with Disk Druid “ the following window will appear.
On the top of the screen shows the present disk-partitioning situation.
You can, at this step, use [
New
], [
Edit
], [
Delete
] and [
Reset
] to change the hard disk
partitions.
I. New:
Press [
New
] to enter information of the new partitions:
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Information
Description
Mount Point Select to which system directory will this partition be mounted.
File system
Type
There are many file types available: File types which will be used
in Linux include ext2, ext3, reiserfs, software RAID, vfat and
swap.ext2 has long been used as a Linux file system. ext3 and
reiserfs are journaling file system. Even if the computer is shut
down improperly, the journaling file system can resume the file
system quickly. There is no more waiting for hard disk scanning
Allowable
Drives
Select in which hard disk will this partition be put.
Size (MB)
Set the size of this partition.
Fixed size
Fix the size of this partition.
Fill all space up
to (MB)
Ignore the value of [
Size
]. The size of this partition will be the
entered value minus all free space on the hard disk.
Fill to
maximum
allowable size
Ignore the value of [
Size
] The size of this partition will be all free
space on the hard disk.
Force to be a
primary
partition
Set this partition as the primary partition. This option is for experts
only, for the number of primary partitions on one hard disk should
not exceed four.
Check for bad
blocks
Check whether there are any bad blocks on the hard disk during
formatting. Choosing this option will greatly increase the time for
hard disk formatting.
Note
: Under normal situation, there should be at least three partitions for Thiz Linux
Desktop:
1) The size of [/boot] should be at least 20MB.
2) The size of [/] should be at least 1600MB.
3) swap - this is a partition for virtual memory. The suggested size is 256 MB.
