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these files is a good idea. For most users, a 50 MB boot partition is sufficient. In Disk Druid, the
partition field for
/boot
/boot hda1 50M
Caution
If your hard drive is more than 1024 cylinders (and your system was manufactured more than two
years ago), you may need to create a
the remaining space on your hard drive.
Caution
If you have a RAID card, be aware that some BIOSes do not support booting from the RAID card.
In cases such as these, the
array, such as on a separate hard drive.
A partition (350 MB - 3.2 GB) — this is where "
•
root
setup, all files (except those stored in
A 350 MB partition will allow you to install a minimal Custom installation (without the Workstation
packages), a 1.0 GB root partition will permit the equivalent of a default Workstation (with GNOME
or KDE) installation (with very little free space), while a 3.2 GB root partition will let you perform
a full Custom installation, choosing everything.
In Disk Druid, the partition field for
hda5 3734M
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3.12.5. Adding Partitions
To add a new partition, select the New button. A dialog box appears (see Figure 3-8).
Note
You must dedicate at least one partition to Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS, and optionally more. For
more information, see Appendix D.
Chapter 3. Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS
should look similar to:
50M Linux native
/boot
partition must be created on a partition outside of the RAID
/boot
/boot
should look similar to:
/
3734M Linux native
partition if you want the
" (the root directory) will be located. In this
/
) are on the root partition.
(root) partition to use all of
/