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Chapter 12. Installing on IBM System i and IBM System p systems
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Figure 12.17. Partitioning with
Disk Druid
on IBM System p and System i systems
The partitioning tool used by the installation program is
Disk Druid
. With the exception of certain
esoteric situations,
Disk Druid
can handle the partitioning requirements for a typical installation.
12.19.1. Graphical Display of Hard Drive(s)
Disk Druid
offers a graphical representation of your hard drive(s).
Using your mouse, click once to highlight a particular field in the graphical display. Double-click to edit
an existing partition or to create a partition out of existing free space.
Above the display, you can review the name of the drive (such as /dev/hda), its size (in MB), and its
model as detected by the installation program.
12.19.2. Disk Druid's Buttons
These buttons control
Disk Druid's
actions. They are used to change the attributes of a partition
(for example the file system type and mount point) and also to create RAID devices. Buttons on
this screen are also used to accept the changes you have made, or to exit
Disk Druid
. For further
explanation, take a look at each button in order:
•
New
: Used to request a new partition. When selected, a dialog box appears containing fields (such
as the mount point and size fields) that must be filled in.
•
Edit
: Used to modify attributes of the partition currently selected in the
Partitions
section. Selecting
Edit
opens a dialog box. Some or all of the fields can be edited, depending on whether the partition
information has already been written to disk.