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Remove all linux
The installation program will remove all Linux partitions on the
Partitions on this
system, but partitions with other operating system will be kept.
system
Remove all
The installation program will remove all partitions on the
partitions on this
system that means there will be only Thiz Linux on the hard
system
disk.
Keep all partitions
If there is any space which has not yet been used by any
and use existing free
partitions, the installation program will install Thiz Linux onto
space
this free space. If there is no free space available, the system
will reboot.
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Disk Druid
If selecting [ Disk Druid ], you will see the following screen:
On the top of the screen shows the present hard disk partitioning situation. You can
select [New], [Edit] or [Delete] to change the partitioning.
I. New
If pressing [New], the following screen will be shown. Please enter data for the new
partition.
Information
Select to which system directory will this partition be
Mount Point
mounted.
There are many file types available: File types which will be
used in Linux include ext2, ext3, reiserfs, software RAID, vfat
File system Type
and swap.ext2 has long been used as a Linux file system. ext3
and reiserfs are journaling file system. Even if the computer is
shut down improperly, the journaling file system can resume
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the file system quickly. There is no more waiting for hard disk
scanning
Allowable Drives Select in which hard disk will this parttition be put.
Size (MB)
Set the size of this partition.
Fixed size
Fix the size of this partition.
Fill all space up
Ignore the value of [ Size ]. The size of this partition will be
to (MB)
the entered value minus all free space on the hard disk.
Fill to maximum
Ignore the value of [ Size ] The size of this partition will be all
allowable size
free space on the hard disk.
Set this partition as the primary partition. This option is for
Force to be a
experts only, for the number of primary partitions on one hard
primary partition
disk should not exceed four.
Check whether there are any bad blocks on the hard disk
Check for bad
during formatting. Choosing this option will greatly increase
blocks
the time for hard disk formatting.
Note: Under normal situation, there should be at least three partitions for Thiz Linux
Desktop:
1) The size of [ /boot ] should be at least 20MB.
2) The size of [ / ] should be at least 1600MB.
3) swap - this is a partition for virtual memory. The suggested size is 256 MB.
II. [Edit]
Users can use the [ Edit ] function to change the required partition settings,
including the mount point and the changing from ext2 to ext3.
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