Creating A Partition - Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER 11 - DEPLOYMENT Deployment Manual

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15.1.2 Creating a Partition

To create a partition from scratch select Hard Disks and then a hard disk with free
space. The actual modification can be done in the Partitions tab:
1 Select Add. If several hard disks are connected, a selection dialog appears in
2 Specify the partition type (primary or extended). Create up to four primary parti-
3 Select the file system to use and a mount point. YaST suggests a mount point
4 Specify additional file system options if your setup requires them. This is neces-
5 Click OK > Apply to apply your partitioning setup and leave the partitioning
15.1.3 Editing a Partition
When you create a new partition or modify an existing partition, set various parameters.
For new partitions, suitable parameters are set by YaST and usually do not require any
modification. To edit your partition setup manually, proceed as follows:
1 Select the partition.
2 Click Edit to edit the partition and set the parameters:
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which to select a hard disk for the new partition.
tions or up to three primary partitions and one extended partition. Within the
extended partition, create several logical partitions (see
Types"
(page 229)).
for each partition created. To use a different mount method, like mount by label,
select Fstab Options.
sary, for example, if you need persistent device names. For details on the available
options, refer to
Section 15.1.3, "Editing a Partition"
module.
If you created the partition during installation, you are returned to the installation
overview screen.
Section 15.1.1, "Partition
(page 230).

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