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Chapter Three Operation System Installation
installation method selection interface, there are the following installation options:
Use All Space
Replace Existing Linux System(s)
Shrink Current System
Use Free Space
Create Custom Layout
This installation takes custom manual partition as an example, select “Create
Custom layout”, and click [Next] to continue.
12. Installation program enters installation hard drive selection interface, in Data
Storage Devices (to be mounted only) list, system displays detected storage devices.
Please click hard drive of system to be installed according to actual needs, to add
this hard drive under “Install Target Devices” list, and select one hard drive as “Boot
Loader”, and then click [Next] to continue installation.
13. Installation program enters “Please Select A Device” partition creation
interface, (if partition has been created on hard drive, existing partition will display,
which could be deleted if not required).
Double click Free partition or other existing partitions under hard disk, or click
[Create] button in lower right corner, system will pop up “Add Partition”.
①
Create root partition (/) and boot partition: In Mount point select root partition:
/, in Allowable Drives window select a hard drive needing to install system, input
partition size in Size(MB), click [OK] to complete creation of root partition. Create
boot partition with the same way: /boot.
②
Create Swap partition (Swap): Select “Swap” in File system Type, select a hard
drive needing to install system in Allowable Drives window, input Swap partition size
in Size(MB) (according to memory size, if memory size is under 512MB, set according
to 2 times of the memory, if memory exceeds 512MB, set Swap partition size to 2GB),
click [OK] to complete Swap partition creation.
Users could also create other partitions according to needs, after creating partition,
click [Next] to continue installation.
14. System pops up a prompt “Writing storage con
fi
guration to disk”.
The partitioning options you have selected will now be written to disk. Any data
on deleted or reformatted partitions will be lost.
Select “Write changes to disk” to continue installation, system starts to format
hard drive partition.
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