Chapter 7 . Installing Linux 257 8. (Web server version) Optionally
Chapter 7 . Installing Linux 257 8. Optionally select Force to Be a Primary Partition if you want to be sure to be able to boot the partition or Check for Bad Blocks if you want to have the partition checked for errors. 9. Select OK if everything is correct. (The changes don t take effect until several steps later when you are asked to begin installing the packages.) To edit a partition in Disk Druid from the main Disk Druid window, follow these steps: 1. Click the partition you want to edit. 2. Click the Edit button. A window appears, ready to let you edit the partition definition. 3. Change any of the attributes (as described in the add partition procedure). For a new install, you may need to add the mount point (/) for your primary Linux partition. 4. Select OK. (The changes don t take effect until several steps later, when you are asked to begin installing the packages.) Partitioning with Fdisk The fdisk utility is available with most every Linux system for creating and working with disk partitions in Linux. It does the same job as graphical partitioning tools such as Disk Druid, although it s no longer offered as an option during Fedora installation. However, during Fedora installation, and other Linux installations that have virtual terminals running, you can switch to a shell (press Ctrl+Alt+F2) and use fdisk manually to partition your hard disk. The following procedures are performed from the command line as root user. Remember that any partition commands can easily erase your disk or make it inaccessible. Back up critical data before using any tool to change partitions! Then be very careful about the changes you do make. Keeping an emergency boot disk handy is a good idea, too. The fdisk command is one that is available on many different operating systems (although it looks and behaves differently on each). In Linux, fdisk is a menu-based command. To use fdisk to list all your partitions, type the following (as root user): # fdisk l Disk /dev/hda: 40.0 GB, 40020664320 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4865 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hda1 * 1 13 104391 83 Linux /dev/hda2 14 4833 38716650 83 Linux /dev/hda3 4834 4865 257040 82 Linux swap Caution
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