Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER 10 - INSTALLATION AND ADMINISTRATION 04-08-2006 Installation Manual page 47

The next step is to determine whether the entire disk should be used (Use Entire Hard
Disk) or whether to use any existing partitions (if available) for the installation. If a
Windows operating system was found on the disk, you are asked whether to delete or
resize the partition. Before doing so, read
(page 47). If desired, go to the Expert Partitioner dialog to create a custom partition
setup as described in
WARNING: Using the Entire Hard Disk for Installation
If you choose Use Entire Hard Disk, all existing data on that disk is completely
erased later in the installation process and is then lost.
YaST checks during the installation whether the disk space is sufficient for the software
selection made. If not, YaST automatically changes the software selection. The proposal
dialog displays a notice to inform you about this. As long as there is sufficient disk
space available, YaST simply accepts your settings and partitions the hard disk accord-
ingly.
Resizing a Windows Partition
If a hard disk containing a Windows FAT or NTFS partition is selected as the installation
target, YaST offers to delete or shrink this partition. In this way, you can install SUSE®
Linux Enterprise even if there is currently not enough space on the hard disk. This
functionality is especially useful if the selected hard disk contains only one Windows
partition that covers the entire hard disk. This is sometimes the case on computers where
Windows comes preinstalled. If YaST sees that there is not enough space on the selected
hard disk, but that space could be made available by deleting or shrinking a Windows
partition, it presents a dialog in which to choose one of these two options.
Section "Resizing a Windows Partition"
Section 7.5.8, "Partitioner" (page 161).
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