Suggested Partitioning
CAUTION:
If you are installing to
Promise FastTrak100 TX2
, the boot partition and
root partition must be formatted using the
ext2
file system.
Disk partitioning will vary depending on the type of services the server will provide.
The amount of swap space required will also vary depending on the amount of RAM
in the system. The following partitioning scheme is given as an example.
1.
Select
Discard
. Press
Next
.
2.
Select
Custom partitioning – for experts
.
3.
Create a
boot partition
a.
Select
Create
.
b.
Select
Primary partition
.
c.
Set the parameters for the
boot partition
as follows:
Format (file system):
ext2
d.
Size: Start:
0
End:
+20M
Mount point:
/boot
4.
Create a swap partition.
a.
Select
Create
.
b.
Select
Primary partition
.
c.
Set the parameters for the
boot partition
as follows:
Format (file system):
swap
Size: Start:
default
End:
2 x amount of memory in server
Mount point:
swap
5.
Create a root partition.
a.
Select
Create
.
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