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Figure 3–8 Creating a New Partition
•
Mount Point
partition, enter /; enter /boot for the /boot partition, and so on. You can also use the pulldown
menu to choose the correct mount point for your partition.
• Filesystem Type
tion. For more information on filesystem types, see Filesystem Types in Section 3.12.5.
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Allowable Drives
disk's box is highlighted, then a desired partition can be created on that hard disk. If the box is not
checked, then the partition will never be created on that hard disk. By using different checkbox
settings, you can have Disk Druid place partitions as you see fit, or let Disk Druid decide where
partitions should go.
•
Size (Megs)
unless changed, only a 1 MB partition will be created.
•
Additional Size Options
"grow" (fill up the available hard drive space) to a certain point, or to allow it to grow to fill any
remaining hard drive space available.
: Enter the partition's mount point. For example, if this partition should be the root
: Using the pulldown menu, select the appropriate filesystem type for this parti-
: This field contains a list of the hard disks installed on your system. If a hard
: Enter the size (in megabytes) of the partition. Note, this field starts with a "1" (one);
: Choose whether to keep this partition at a fixed size, to allow it to
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