Red Hat LINUX 7.1 - PSERIES Manual page 43

Section 4.11:Partitioning Your System
To fix an unallocated requested partition, you must move the partition to another drive which has the
available space, resize the partition to fit on the current drive, or delete the partition entirely. Make
changes using the
Edit
4.11.4 Drive Summaries
Each line in the Drive Summaries
following fields:
• : This field shows the hard disk's device name.
Drive
• : This field shows the hard disk's geometry. The geometry consists of three numbers
Geom [C/H/S]
representing the number of cylinders, heads, and sectors as reported by the hard disk.
• : This field shows the total available space on the hard disk in megabytes.
Total
• : This field shows how much of the hard disk's space is still unallocated, in megabytes.
Free
• Used : These fields show how much of the hard disk's space is currently allocated to partitions,
in megabytes and percentage.
The
Drive Summaries
not meant to be used as a means of specifying the target hard drive for a given partition; to do that,
use the Allowable Drives
4.11.5 Disk Druid's Buttons
These buttons control Disk Druid's actions. They are used to add and delete partitions, and to change
partition attributes. Buttons on this screen are also used to accept the changes you have made, or to
exit Disk Druid. For further explanation, take a look at each button in order.
• : Used to request a new partition. When selected, a dialog box will appear containing fields
Add
(such as mount point and size) that must be filled in.
• : Used to modify attributes of the partition currently selected in the
Edit
ing will open up a dialog box. Some or all of the fields can be edited, depending on whether
Edit
the partition information has already been written to disk.
• : Used to remove the partition currently highlighted in the
Delete
You will be asked to confirm the deletion of any partition.
: Used to restore Disk Druid to its original state. All changes made will be lost if you
•
Reset
the partitions.
•
Make RAID Device
all disk partitions. It should only be used if you have experience using RAID. To read more about
button or by double-clicking on the partition.
section represents a hard disk on your system. Each line has the
section is displayed only to indicate your computer's disk configuration. It is
field in Section 4.11.6, Adding Partitions.
:
Make RAID Device
can be used if you want to provide redundancy to any or
section. Select-
Partitions
Current Disk Partitions
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section.
Reset