Automatic Partitioning - Red Hat ENTERPRISE LINUX 3 - INSTALLATION GUIDE FOR IBM S-390 AND IBM ESERVER ZSERIES Installation Manual

Chapter 2. Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Figure 2-7. Disk Partitioning Setup
If you chose to manually partition using Disk Druid, refer to Section 2.12 Partitioning Your System.
Warning
If you receive an error after the Disk Partitioning Setup phase of the installation saying something
similar to
The partition table on device hda was unreadable. To create new partitions it must be initial-
ized, causing the loss of ALL DATA on this drive.
You may not have a partition table on that drive or the partition table on the drive may not be recog-
nizable by the partitioning software used in the installation program.
No matter what type of installation you are performing, backups of the existing data on your systems
should always be made.

2.11. Automatic Partitioning

Automatic partitioning allows you to have some control concerning what data is removed (if any)
from your system. Your options are:
Remove all Linux partitions on this system — select this option to remove only Linux partitions
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(partitions created from a previous Linux installation). This will not remove other partitions you
may have on your hard drive(s).
Remove all partitions on this system — select this option to remove all partitions on your hard
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drive(s) (this includes partitions created by other operating systems).
Caution
If you select this option, all data on the selected hard drive(s) is removed by the installation pro-
gram. Do not select this option if you have information that you want to keep on the hard drive(s)
where you are installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
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