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diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog index dc9ebadd7..404c9ce56 100644 --- a/debian/changelog +++ b/debian/changelog @@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ installation-guide (20200716) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium [ Holger Wansing ] * Some more UEFI updates. Closes: #905173 + * Add some documentation about creation of partition tables, especially gpt. + Closes: #644430, #691046. [ Updated translations ] * Dutch by Frans Spiesschaert diff --git a/en/partitioning/partition/x86.xml b/en/partitioning/partition/x86.xml index 274e587d1..dfcd44487 100644 --- a/en/partitioning/partition/x86.xml +++ b/en/partitioning/partition/x86.xml @@ -5,6 +5,25 @@ <sect2 arch="x86"><title>Partitioning for &arch-title;</title> <para> +If you are using a new harddisk (or want to wipe out the whole partition table +of your disk), a new partition table needs to be created. The <quote>Guided +partitioning</quote> does this automatically, but when partitioning manually, +move the selection on the top-level entry of the disk and hit &enterkey;. +That will create a new partition table on that disk. In expert mode, you will +then be asked for the type of the partition table. Default for UEFI-based systems +is <quote>gpt</quote>, while for the older BIOS world the default value +is <quote>msdos</quote>. In a standard priority installation those defaults +will be used automatically. + +</para><note><para> + +When a partition table with type <quote>gpt</quote> was selected (default for +UEFI systems), a free space of 1 MB will automatically get created at the +beginning of the disk. This is intended and required to embed the GRUB2 +bootloader. + +</para></note><para> + If you have an existing other operating system such as DOS or Windows and you want to preserve that operating system while installing &debian;, you may need to resize its partition to free up space for the &debian; installation. |