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diff --git a/en/using-d-i/modules/partman.xml b/en/using-d-i/modules/partman.xml
index 1a5bc2e6e..903118d21 100644
--- a/en/using-d-i/modules/partman.xml
+++ b/en/using-d-i/modules/partman.xml
@@ -20,11 +20,21 @@ table</guimenuitem> from the menu.
</para><para>
-If you choose guided partitioning, you will be able to choose from the
-schemes listed in the table below. All schemes have their pros and cons,
+If you choose guided partitioning, you may have two options: to create
+partitions directly on the hard disk (classic method) or to use Logical
+Volume Management (LVM). In the second case, the installer will create most
+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>
+
+After you choose guided partitioning (either classic or using LVM), you
+will be able to choose from the schemes listed in the table below.
+All schemes have their pros and cons,
some of which are discussed in <xref linkend="partitioning"/>. If you are
-unsure, choose the first one. Bear in mind, that guided partitioning
-needs certain minimal amount of free space to operate with. If you don't
+unsure, choose the first one. Bear in mind that guided partitioning
+needs a certain minimal amount of free space to operate with. If you don't
give it at least about 1GB of space (depends on chosen scheme), guided
partitioning will fail.
@@ -46,13 +56,13 @@ partitioning will fail.
<entry>600MB</entry>
<entry><filename>/</filename>, swap</entry>
</row><row>
- <entry>Desktop machine</entry>
+ <entry>Separate /home partition</entry>
<entry>500MB</entry>
<entry>
<filename>/</filename>, <filename>/home</filename>, swap
</entry>
</row><row>
- <entry>Multi-user workstation</entry>
+ <entry>Separate /home, /usr, /var and /tmp partitions</entry>
<entry>1GB</entry>
<entry>
<filename>/</filename>, <filename>/home</filename>,
@@ -63,9 +73,15 @@ partitioning will fail.
</tbody></tgroup></informaltable>
-<para arch="ia64">
+<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.
+
+</para><para arch="ia64">
-If you chose an automatic partitioning for your IA64 system, there
+If you choose guided partitioning for your IA64 system, there
will be an additional partition, formatted as a FAT16 bootable filesystem,
for the EFI boot loader.
There is also an additional menu item in the formatting menu to manually
@@ -73,7 +89,7 @@ set up a partition as an EFI boot partition.
</para><para arch="alpha">
-If you chose an automatic partitioning for your Alpha system, an
+If you choose guided partitioning for your Alpha system, an
additional, unformatted partition will be allocated at the beginning of
your disk to reserve this space for the aboot boot loader.
@@ -87,29 +103,30 @@ formatted and where they will be mounted.
The list of partitions might look like this:
-<!-- TODO: show some flags here (lightning, skull, smiley) -->
<informalexample><screen>
IDE1 master (hda) - 6.4 GB WDC AC36400L
- #1 primary 16.4 MB ext2 /boot
- #2 primary 551.0 MB swap swap
- #3 primary 5.8 GB ntfs
- pri/log 8.2 MB FREE SPACE
+ #1 primary 16.4 MB B f ext2 /boot
+ #2 primary 551.0 MB swap swap
+ #3 primary 5.8 GB ntfs
+ pri/log 8.2 MB FREE SPACE
IDE1 slave (hdb) - 80.0 GB ST380021A
- #1 primary 15.9 MB ext3
- #2 primary 996.0 MB fat16
- #3 primary 3.9 GB xfs /home
- #5 logical 6.0 GB ext3 /
- #6 logical 1.0 GB ext3 /var
- #7 logical 498.8 MB ext3
- #8 logical 551.5 MB swap swap
- #9 logical 65.8 GB ext2
+ #1 primary 15.9 MB ext3
+ #2 primary 996.0 MB fat16
+ #3 primary 3.9 GB xfs /home
+ #5 logical 6.0 GB f ext3 /
+ #6 logical 1.0 GB f ext3 /var
+ #7 logical 498.8 MB ext3
+ #8 logical 551.5 MB swap swap
+ #9 logical 65.8 GB ext2
</screen></informalexample>
This example shows two IDE harddrives divided into several partitions;
the first disk has some free space. Each partition line consists of the
partition number, its type, size, optional flags, file system, and
-mountpoint (if any).
+mountpoint (if any). Note: this particular setup cannot be created using
+guided partitioning but it does show possible variation that can be achieved
+using manual partitioning).
</para><para>
@@ -118,8 +135,18 @@ 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>, to run guided partitioning again
-or modify the proposed changes as described below for manual partitioning.
+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.
</para><para>
@@ -153,7 +180,7 @@ use it at all. Other nice feature is the possibility to copy data from
existing partition onto this one.
When you are satisfied with your new partition, select
<guimenuitem>Done setting up the partition</guimenuitem> and you will be
-thrown back to the <command>partman</command>'s main screen.
+thrown back to <command>partman</command>'s main screen.
</para><para>
@@ -176,7 +203,7 @@ let you continue until you correct this issue.
</para><para arch="ia64">
-If you forget to select and format an EFI boot partition
+If you forget to select and format an EFI boot partition,
<command>partman</command> will detect this and will not let you continue
until you allocate one.