Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER 10 - INSTALLATION AND ADMINISTRATION 04-08-2006 Installation Manual page 164

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If you partition manually, create a swap partition of at least 256 MB. The swap partition
is used to free the main memory of data that is not used at the present moment. This
keeps the main memory free for the most frequently-used data.
Expert Options
Expert opens a menu containing the following commands:
Reread Partition Table
Rereads the partitioning from disk. For example, you need this after manual parti-
tioning in the text console.
Delete Partition Table and Disk Label
This completely overwrites the old partition table. For example, this can be helpful
if you have problems with unconventional disk labels. Using this method, all data
on the hard disk is lost.
More Partitioning Tips
If the partitioning is performed by YaST and other partitions are detected in the system,
these partitions are also entered in the file /etc/fstab to enable easy access to this
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Encrypt File System
If you activate the encryption, all data is written to the hard disk in encrypted
form. This increases the security of sensitive data, but slightly reduces the
system speed, because the encryption takes some time. More information
about the encryption of file systems is provided in
Partitions and Files
Fstab Options
Here, specify various parameters for the administration file of the file systems
(/etc/fstab). For example, change the file system identification from
the device name, which is default, to a volume label. In the volume label,
you can use all characters except / and space.
Mount Point
Specify the directory at which the partition should be mounted in the file
system tree. Select from various YaST proposals or enter any other name.
Select Next to activate the partition.
(page 873).
Chapter 48, Encrypting