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| author | Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl> | 2006-08-02 16:00:55 +0000 |
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| committer | Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl> | 2006-08-02 16:00:55 +0000 |
| commit | 28fbf0c486ffea586cc174ff64ba9f357cc4c5e8 (patch) | |
| tree | 8b7a215b0631b65781a747b3c632b4a03cd578d5 /en | |
| parent | b809379d79e7da1c5c7ec2306c36b89f513368fc (diff) | |
| download | installation-guide-28fbf0c486ffea586cc174ff64ba9f357cc4c5e8.zip | |
partman-auto-lvm makes irreversable changes; add stronger warning
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| -rw-r--r-- | en/using-d-i/modules/partman.xml | 28 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/en/using-d-i/modules/partman.xml b/en/using-d-i/modules/partman.xml index 107d1084e..efd121ce4 100644 --- a/en/using-d-i/modules/partman.xml +++ b/en/using-d-i/modules/partman.xml @@ -27,7 +27,15 @@ partitions inside one big partition; the advantage of this method is that partitions inside this big partition can be resized relatively easily later. Note: the option to use LVM may not be available on all architectures. -</para><para> +</para> +<warning><para> + +If you choose guided partitioning using LVM, it will not be possible to +undo changes made in the partition table. This effectively erases all +data that is currently on the selected hard disk. + +</para></warning> +<para> After you choose guided partitioning (either classic or using LVM), you will be able to choose from the schemes listed in the table below. @@ -76,8 +84,8 @@ partitioning will fail. <para> If you choose guided partitioning using LVM, the installer will also create -a separate /boot partition. The other partitions, except for the swap -partition, will be created inside the LVM partition. +a separate <filename>/boot</filename> partition. The other partitions, except +for the swap partition, will be created inside the LVM partition. </para><para arch="ia64"> @@ -135,18 +143,8 @@ generated partition table, you can choose <guimenuitem>Finish partitioning and write changes to disk</guimenuitem> from the menu to implement the new partition table (as described at the end of this section). If you are not happy, you can choose to <guimenuitem>Undo -changes to partitions</guimenuitem><footnote> - -<para> - -If you selected guided partitioning using LVM, you will not be able to undo -all changes made as some changes will already have been committed to the -hard disk. The installer will warn you before that happens though. - -</para> - -</footnote> and run guided partitioning again, or modify the proposed changes -as described below for manual partitioning. +changes to partitions</guimenuitem> and run guided partitioning again, or +modify the proposed changes as described below for manual partitioning. </para><para> |