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Items Descriptions
Remove all linux
Partitions on this
system
The installation program will remove all Linux partitions on the
system, but partitions with other operating system will be kept.
Remove all
partitions on this
system
The installation program will remove all partitions on the
system that means there will be only Thiz Linux on the hard
disk.
Keep all partitions
and use existing free
space
If there is any space which has not yet been used by any
partitions, the installation program will install Thiz Linux onto
this free space. If there is no free space available, the system
will reboot.
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Disk Druid
If selecting [
Disk Druid
], you will see the following screen:
On the top of the screen shows the present hard disk partitioning situation. You can
select [
New
], [
Edit
] or [
Delete
] to change the partitioning.
I. New
If pressing [
New
], the following screen will be shown. Please enter data for the new
partition.
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
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the file system quickly. There is no more waiting for hard disk
scanning
Allowable Drives Select in which hard disk will this parttition 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.
II. [Edit]
Users can use the [
Edit
] function to change the required partition settings,
including the mount point and the changing from ext2 to ext3.