From 1ea73eea5ecc6a8ed901316049259aee737ee554 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joey Hess Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2005 19:51:38 +0000 Subject: move manual to top-level directory, split out of debian-installer package --- it/using-d-i/modules/partman.xml | 199 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 199 insertions(+) create mode 100644 it/using-d-i/modules/partman.xml (limited to 'it/using-d-i/modules/partman.xml') diff --git a/it/using-d-i/modules/partman.xml b/it/using-d-i/modules/partman.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000..78fe131bb --- /dev/null +++ b/it/using-d-i/modules/partman.xml @@ -0,0 +1,199 @@ + + + + + Partitioning Your Disks + + + +Now it is time to partition your disks. If you are uncomfortable with +partitioning, or just want to know more details, see . + + + +First you will be given the opportunity to automatically partition +either an entire drive, or free space on a drive. This is also called +guided partitioning. If you do not want to +autopartition, choose Manually edit partition +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, +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 +give it at least about 1GB of space (depends on chosen scheme), guided +partitioning will fail. + + + + + + + + Partitioning scheme + Minimum space + Created partitions + + + + + + All files in one partition + 600MB + /, swap + + Desktop machine + 500MB + + /, /home, swap + + + Multi-user workstation + 1GB + + /, /home, + /usr, /var, + /tmp, swap + + + + + + + +If you chose an automatic 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 +set up a partition as an EFI boot partition. + + + +If you chose an automatic 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. + + + +After selecting a scheme, the next screen will show your new partition +table, including information on whether and how partitions will be +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 + + 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 + + +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). + + + +This concludes the guided partitioning. If you are satisfied with the +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. + + + +A similar screen to the one shown just above will be displayed if you +choose manual partitioning except that your existing partition table will +be shown and without the mount points. How to manually setup your partition +table and the usage of partitions by your new Debian system will be covered +in the remainder of this section. + + + +If you select a pristine disk which doesn't have neither partitions +nor free space on it, you will be offered to create a new partition +table (this is needed so you can create new partitions). After this +a new line entitled FREE SPACE should appear under the +selected disk. + + + +If you select some free space, you will be offered to create new +partition. You will have to answer a quick series of questions about +its size, type (primary or logical), and location (beginning or end of +the free space). After this, you will be presented with detailed +overview of your new partition. There are options like mountpoint, +mount options, bootable flag, or way of usage. If you don't like the +preselected defaults, feel free to change them to your liking. E.g. by +selecting the option Use as:, you can +choose different filesystem for this partition including the +possibility to use the partition for swap, software RAID, LVM, or not +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. + + + +If you decide you want to change something about your partition, +simply select the partition, which will bring you to the partition +configuration menu. Because this is the same screen like when creating +a new partition, you can change the same set of options. One thing +which might not be very obvious at a first glance is that you can +resize the partition by selecting the item displaying the size of the +partition. Filesystems known to work are at least fat16, fat32, ext2, +ext3 and swap. This menu also allows you to delete a partition. + + + +Be sure to create at least two partitions: one for the +root filesystem (which must be mounted as +/) and one for swap. If you +forget to mount the root filesystem, partman won't +let you continue until you correct this issue. + + + +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. + + + +Capabilities of partman can be extended with installer +modules, but are dependent on your system's architecture. So if you can't +see all promised goodies, check if you have loaded all required modules +(e.g. partman-ext3, partman-xfs, +or partman-lvm). + + + +After you are satisfied with partitioning, select Finish +partitioning and write changes to disk from the partitioning +menu. You will be presented with a summary of changes made to the disks +and asked to confirm that the filesystems should be created as requested. + + + -- cgit v1.2.3