Editing Partitions - Red Hat ENTREPRISE LINUX 5 Installation Manual

If you choose Fill all space up to (MB), you must give size constraints in the field to the right of this
option. This allows you to keep a certain amount of space free on your hard drive for future use.
• Force to be a primary partition: Select whether the partition you are creating should be one of
the first four partitions on the hard drive. If unselected, the partition is created as a logical partition.
Section 26.1.3, "Partitions within Partitions — An Overview of Extended
Refer to
more information.
• Encrypt: Choose whether to encrypt the partition so that the data stored on it cannot be accessed
without a passphrase, even if the storage device is connected to another system. Refer to
Chapter 29, Disk Encryption Guide
this option, the installer prompts you to provide a passphrase before it writes the partition to the disk.
• OK: Select OK once you are satisfied with the settings and wish to create the partition.
• Cancel: Select Cancel if you do not want to create the partition.
12.19.5.1. File System Types
Red Hat Enterprise Linux allows you to create different partition types, based on the file system they
will use. The following is a brief description of the different file systems available, and how they can be
utilized.
• ext2 — An ext2 file system supports standard Unix file types (regular files, directories, symbolic
links, etc). It provides the ability to assign long file names, up to 255 characters.
• ext3 — The ext3 file system is based on the ext2 file system and has one main advantage —
journaling. Using a journaling file system reduces time spent recovering a file system after a crash
as there is no need to fsck
recommended.
• physical volume (LVM) — Creating one or more physical volume (LVM) partitions allows you to
create an LVM logical volume. LVM can improve performance when using physical disks. For more
information regarding LVM, refer to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Deployment Guide.
• software RAID — Creating two or more software RAID partitions allows you to create a RAID
device. For more information regarding RAID, refer to the chapter RAID (Redundant Array of
Independent Disks) in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Deployment Guide.
• swap — Swap partitions are used to support virtual memory. In other words, data is written to a
swap partition when there is not enough RAM to store the data your system is processing. Refer to
the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Deployment Guide for additional information.

12.19.6. Editing Partitions

To edit a partition, select the Edit button or double-click on the existing partition.
Note
If the partition already exists on your disk, you can only change the partition's mount point.
To make any other changes, you must delete the partition and recreate it.
for information on encryption of storage devices. If you select
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the file system. The ext3 file system is selected by default and is highly
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