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Keep all partitions and use existing free space — select this option to retain your current data
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and partitions, assuming you have enough free space available on your hard drive(s).
Figure 2-8. Automatic Partitioning
Using your mouse, choose the hard drive(s) on which you want Red Hat Enterprise Linux to be
installed. If you have two or more hard drives, you can choose which hard drive(s) should contain this
installation. Unselected hard drives, and any data on them, are not touched.
Note
It is always a good idea to back up any data that you have on your systems. For example, if you are
upgrading or creating a dual-boot system, you should back up any data you wish to keep on your
hard drive(s). Mistakes do happen and can result in the loss of all your data.
To review and make any necessary changes to the partitions created by automatic partitioning, select
the Review option. After selecting Review and clicking Next to move forward, the partitions created
for you in Disk Druid appear. You can make modifications to these partitions if they do not meet your
needs.
Click Next once you have made your selections to proceed.

2.12. Partitioning Your System

At this point, you must tell the installation program where to install Red Hat Enterprise Linux. This
is done by defining mount points for one or more disk partitions in which Red Hat Enterprise Linux
will be installed.
Chapter 2. Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux