<!-- retain these comments for translator revision tracking --> <!-- original version: 61147 untranslated --> <sect1 id="partition-programs"> <title>&debian; Partitioning Programs</title> <para> Several varieties of partitioning programs have been adapted by &debian; developers to work on various types of hard disks and computer architectures. Following is a list of the program(s) applicable for your architecture. </para> <variablelist> <varlistentry> <term><command>partman</command></term> <listitem><para> Recommended partitioning tool in &debian;. This Swiss army knife can also resize partitions, create filesystems <phrase arch="any-x86"> (<quote>format</quote> in Windows speak)</phrase> and assign them to the mountpoints. </para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry condition="fdisk.txt"> <term><command>fdisk</command></term> <listitem><para> The original Linux disk partitioner, good for gurus. </para><para> Be careful if you have existing FreeBSD partitions on your machine. The installation kernels include support for these partitions, but the way that <command>fdisk</command> represents them (or not) can make the device names differ. See the <ulink url="&url-linux-freebsd;">Linux+FreeBSD HOWTO</ulink>. </para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry condition="cfdisk.txt"> <term><command>cfdisk</command></term> <listitem><para> A simple-to-use, full-screen disk partitioner for the rest of us. </para><para> Note that <command>cfdisk</command> doesn't understand FreeBSD partitions at all, and, again, device names may differ as a result. </para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry condition="atari-fdisk.txt"> <term><command>atari-fdisk</command></term> <listitem><para> Atari-aware version of <command>fdisk</command>. </para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry condition="amiga-fdisk.txt"> <term><command>amiga-fdisk</command></term> <listitem><para> Amiga-aware version of <command>fdisk</command>. </para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry condition="mac-fdisk.txt"> <term><command>mac-fdisk</command></term> <listitem><para> Mac-aware version of <command>fdisk</command>. </para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry condition="pmac-fdisk.txt"> <term><command>pmac-fdisk</command></term> <listitem><para> PowerMac-aware version of <command>fdisk</command>, also used by BVM and Motorola VMEbus systems. </para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry condition="fdasd.txt"> <term><command>fdasd</command></term> <listitem><para> &arch-title; version of <command>fdisk</command>; Please read the fdasd manual page or chapter 13 in <ulink url="http://oss.software.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/linux390/docu/l390dd08.pdf"> Device Drivers and Installation Commands</ulink> for details. </para></listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> <para> One of these programs will be run by default when you select <guimenuitem>Partition disks</guimenuitem> (or similar). It may be possible to use a different partitioning tool from the command line on VT2, but this is not recommended. </para><para arch="x86">Remember to mark your boot partition as <quote>Bootable</quote>. </para><para condition="mac-fdisk.txt"> One key point when partitioning for Mac type disks is that the swap partition is identified by its name; it must be named <quote>swap</quote>. All Mac linux partitions are the same partition type, Apple_UNIX_SRV2. Please read the fine manual. We also suggest reading the <ulink url="&url-mac-fdisk-tutorial;">mac-fdisk Tutorial</ulink>, which includes steps you should take if you are sharing your disk with MacOS. </para> &partition-hppa.xml; &partition-x86.xml; &partition-ia64.xml; &partition-mips.xml; &partition-powerpc.xml; &partition-sparc.xml; </sect1>