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Hard Drive Partition Scheme (view source)
Revision as of 00:57, 25 March 2016
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{{WorkInProgress}}MessageBox|backgroundcolor =#faa|image =OverviewWarning.png|heading =WARNING|message =Unless Recommend you have a reason for doing otherwise, we recommend that disable/unplug ALL hard disks you create do not want to put the system on to make it easier to partition. Data loss can result if you accidentally get confused about what disks are which or you make an error.}}The Amahi team makes the following partitions for recommendations when partitioning drives in Amahi Fedora based systems7 or greater:* swap* /boot* /home* /
= How to Partition=At the partitioning point of the Fedora installer, you do this:* Select '''INSTALLATION DESTINATION''' under ''STORAGE'' section.* Verify the correct drive is selected, then choose '''Done'''.* Ensure '''Partition scheme''' reflects ''Standard Partition''.* Choose ''I want to review/modify my disk partitions before continuing'' and select '''Continue'''.* When prompted with '''INSTALLATION OPTIONS''', select ''Custom partitioning''.* Choose each partition and select the '''minus''' (-) to remove them individually until all the partitions have been removed.# If prompted ''Are you sure you want to delete all the data on...'', choose '''Delete it'''# Ensure ''Delete all other filesystems in the Unknown root as well'' is selected.* You should now see the message ''You haven't created any mount points for your installation yet''.* First we need to make the ''Swap''. Click on the plus (+) and a window will appear:# Choose '''Mount Point''' of ''Swap''.# Enter '''Desired Capacity''' based on the chart below.# Select '''Add mount point'''.::'''NOTE:''' The following table provides the recommended size of a swap partition depending on the amount of RAM in your system. ::{|class="wikitable"
!System RAM
!Recommended swap space
|4GB of swap space
|}
* Next is ''/boot''. Click on the plus (+) and a window will appear:
# Choose '''Mount Point''' of ''/boot''.
# Enter '''Desired Capacity''' of ''500MB''.
# Select '''Add mount point'''.
* The last one is the ''/'' (root). Click on the plus (+) and a window will appear:
# Choose '''Mount Point''' of ''/''.
# Enter '''Desired Capacity''' of the amount of remaining disk space (this is displayed at the bottom of the installer window)
# Select '''Add mount point'''.
* Review the partition scheme and if it looks ok, choose '''Done''' and select '''Accept changes'''.
= Example =
For a system with 1GB RAM and 10GB hard drive, the following settings would apply for '''Desired capacity''':
* Swap = 2GB
* /boot = 500MB
* / = 7.73GB
Reference: [http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/20/html/Installation_Guide/s2-diskpartrecommend-x86.html Fedora Recommended Partitioning Scheme]
