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NOTE: CentOS Enterprise Linux is built from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux source code. Other than logo and name changes CentOS Enterprise Linux is compatible with the equivalent Red Hat version. This document applies equally to both Red Hat and CentOS Enterprise Linux.
Select whether or not to clear the Master Boot Record (MBR).
Choose to remove all existing partitions, remove all existing Linux
partitions, or preserve existing partitions.
To initialize the disk label to the default for the architecture
of the system (for example, msdos for x86
and gpt for Itanium), select Initialize the disk label if you are installing on a
brand new hard drive.
To create a partition, click the Add
button. The Partition Options window shown
in
Figure 2-5 appears. Choose the mount point, file system type,
and partition size for the new partition. Optionally, you can also
choose from the following:
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In the Additional Size Options section,
choose to make the partition a fixed size, up to a chosen size, or
fill the remaining space on the hard drive. If you selected swap as
the file system type, you can select to have the installation
program create the swap partition with the recommended size instead
of specifying a size.
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Force the partition to be created as a primary partition.
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Create the partition on a specific hard drive. For example, to
make the partition on the first IDE hard disk (/dev/hda), specify hda
as the drive. Do not include /dev in the
drive name.
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Use an existing partition. For example, to make the partition on
the first partition on the first IDE hard disk (/dev/hda1), specify hda1 as the partition. Do not include /dev in the partition name.
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Format the partition as the chosen file system type.
To edit an existing partition, select the partition from the
list and click the Edit button. The same
Partition Options window appears as when
you chose to add a partition as shown in
Figure 2-5, except it reflects the values for the selected
partition. Modify the partition options and click OK.
To delete an existing partition, select the partition from the
list and click the Delete button.
To create a software RAID partition, use the following
steps:
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Click the RAID button.
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Select Create a software RAID
partition.
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Configure the partitions as previously described, except select
Software RAID as the file system type.
Also, you must specify a hard drive on which to make the partition
or specify an existing partition to use.
Repeat these steps to create as many partitions as needed for
your RAID setup. All of your partitions do not have to be RAID
partitions.
After creating all the partitions needed to form a RAID device,
follow these steps:
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Click the RAID button.
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Select Create a RAID device.
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Select a mount point, file system type, RAID device name, RAID
level, RAID members, number of spares for the software RAID device,
and whether to format the RAID device.
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Click OK to add the device to the
list.
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