From 7d152bdee537779582f12d27952de980de310eb6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Frans Pop Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2006 19:17:23 +0000 Subject: Document guided partitioning using LVM and update partitioning section --- en/using-d-i/modules/partman.xml | 81 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------- 1 file changed, 54 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-) (limited to 'en/using-d-i') 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 from the menu. -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. + + + +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 . 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. 600MB /, swap - Desktop machine + Separate /home partition 500MB /, /home, swap - Multi-user workstation + Separate /home, /usr, /var and /tmp partitions 1GB /, /home, @@ -63,9 +73,15 @@ partitioning will fail. - + + +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. + + -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. -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: - 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 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). @@ -118,8 +135,18 @@ generated partition table, you can choose Finish partitioning and write changes to disk 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 Undo -changes to partitions, to run guided partitioning again -or modify the proposed changes as described below for manual partitioning. +changes to partitions + + + +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. + + + + and run guided partitioning again, or modify the proposed changes +as described below for manual partitioning. @@ -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 Done setting up the partition and you will be -thrown back to the partman's main screen. +thrown back to partman's main screen. @@ -176,7 +203,7 @@ let you continue until you correct this issue. -If you forget to select and format an EFI boot partition +If you forget to select and format an EFI boot partition, partman will detect this and will not let you continue until you allocate one. -- cgit v1.2.3