
Editing a New Partition

   To create a new partition, you must first assign
   the partition a mount point. If this is the root
   partition, enter /; if this is the swap partition,
   enter swap; if this is the boot partition, enter
   /boot; and so on.

   Next, enter the size of the partition. If most/all
   of your data will be written to the / (root)
   partition, you should create a partition at least
   900MB (based on a workstation-class installation);
   custom- (choosing every package) and server-class
   installations should be larger. Your swap
   partition should be 16MB or higher (generally
   equal to the amount of RAM you have, not to exceed
   256MB). Your /boot partition should be 16MB.

   When creating Linux partitions, the only partition
   that is not of the Linux native type is the swap
   partition, which is Linux swap.

   Selecting Grow to fill disk allows that partition
   to increase or decrease in size as files are added
   and/or removed from your system. Selecting this
   option for partitions, such as the / (root)
   partition, which will have data constantly written
   to it is always a good idea.

   Allowable Drives lets you select which hard
   drive(s) on your system to create that partition
   on. If you have two or more hard drives, but only
   want to create Linux partitions on one of them,
   make sure only that drive in particular is
   selected.

   Once you are satisfied with the partition's
   settings, select OK and press Space, and that
   partition will be created.

   Choose Cancel and press Space if you do not want
   to create the partition with those settings.
