<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <HTML ><HEAD ><TITLE >Partition Information</TITLE ><META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.76b+ "><LINK REL="HOME" TITLE="Kickstart Configurator" HREF="index.html"><LINK REL="PREVIOUS" TITLE="Boot Loader Options" HREF="system-config-kickstart-bootloader.html"><LINK REL="NEXT" TITLE="Network Configuration" HREF="system-config-kickstart-network.html"></HEAD><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="rhdocs-man.css" ><BODY CLASS="CHAPTER" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000FF" VLINK="#840084" ALINK="#0000FF" ><DIV CLASS="NAVHEADER" ><TABLE SUMMARY="Header navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TH COLSPAN="3" ALIGN="center" >Kickstart Configurator</TH ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="system-config-kickstart-bootloader.html" ACCESSKEY="P" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="80%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="bottom" ></TD ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="system-config-kickstart-network.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"></DIV ><DIV CLASS="CHAPTER" ><H1 ><A NAME="REDHAT-CONFIG-KICKSTART-PARTITIONS" ></A >Chapter 5. Partition Information</H1 ><DIV CLASS="FIGURE" ><A NAME="REDHAT-CONFIG-KICKSTART-PARTITIONS-FIG" ></A ><DIV CLASS="MEDIAOBJECT" ><P ><IMG SRC="./figs/ksconfig-partitions.png"></P ></DIV ><P ><B >Figure 5-1. Partition Information</B ></P ></DIV ><P > Select whether or not to clear the Master Boot Record (MBR). You can also choose to remove all existing partitions, remove all existing Linux partitions, or preserve existing partitions. </P ><P > You can initialize the disk label to the default for the architecture of the system (for example, <TT CLASS="COMMAND" >msdos</TT > for x86 and <TT CLASS="COMMAND" >gpt</TT > for Itanium). Select <B CLASS="GUILABEL" >Initialize the disk label</B > if you are installing on a brand new hard drive. </P ><DIV CLASS="SECT1" ><H1 CLASS="SECT1" ><A NAME="REDHAT-CONFIG-KICKSTART-CREATE-PART" ></A >Creating Partitions</H1 ><P > To create a partition, click the <B CLASS="GUIBUTTON" >Add</B > button. The <B CLASS="GUILABEL" >Partition Options</B > window shown in <A HREF="system-config-kickstart-partitions.html#REDHAT-CONFIG-KICKSTART-ADD-PART-FIG" >Figure 5-2</A > will appear. Choose mount point, file system type, and partition size for the new partition. Optionally, you can also choose from the following: </P ><P ></P ><UL ><LI ><P >In the <B CLASS="GUILABEL" >Additional Size Options</B > 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. </P ></LI ><LI ><P >Force the partition to be created as a primary partition.</P ></LI ><LI ><P >Create the partition on a specific hard drive. For example, to make the partition on the first IDE hard disk (<TT CLASS="FILENAME" >/dev/hda</TT >), specify <TT CLASS="USERINPUT" ><B >hda</B ></TT > as the drive. Do not include <TT CLASS="FILENAME" >/dev</TT > in the drive name. </P ></LI ><LI ><P >Use an existing partition. For example, to make the partition on the first partition on the first IDE hard disk (<TT CLASS="FILENAME" >/dev/hda1</TT >), specify <TT CLASS="USERINPUT" ><B >hda1</B ></TT > as the partition. Do not include <TT CLASS="FILENAME" >/dev</TT > in the partition name. </P ></LI ><LI ><P >Format the partition as the chosen file system type.</P ></LI ></UL ><DIV CLASS="FIGURE" ><A NAME="REDHAT-CONFIG-KICKSTART-ADD-PART-FIG" ></A ><DIV CLASS="MEDIAOBJECT" ><P ><IMG SRC="./figs/ksconfig-part-options.png"></P ></DIV ><P ><B >Figure 5-2. Creating Partitions</B ></P ></DIV ><P > To edit an existing partition, select the partition from the list and click the <B CLASS="GUIBUTTON" >Edit</B > button. The same <B CLASS="GUILABEL" >Partition Options</B > window that appears when you add a partition appears, except it contains the values for the selected partition. Modify the partition options and click <B CLASS="GUIBUTTON" >OK</B >. </P ><P > To delete an existing partition, select the partition from the list and click the <B CLASS="GUIBUTTON" >Delete</B > button. </P ><DIV CLASS="SECT2" ><H2 CLASS="SECT2" ><A NAME="REDHAT-CONFIG-KICKSTART-RAID" ></A >Creating Software RAID Partitions</H2 ><P > RAID 0, 1, and 5 can be configured. </P ><P > To create a software RAID partition, use the following steps: </P ><P ></P ><OL TYPE="1" ><LI ><P >Click the <B CLASS="GUIBUTTON" >RAID</B > button.</P ></LI ><LI ><P >Select <B CLASS="GUILABEL" >Create a software RAID partition</B >. </P ></LI ><LI ><P >Configure the partitions as previously described, except select <B CLASS="GUILABEL" >Software RAID</B > 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.</P ></LI ></OL ><DIV CLASS="FIGURE" ><A NAME="FIG-KICKSTART-RAID" ></A ><DIV CLASS="MEDIAOBJECT" ><P ><IMG SRC="./figs/ksconfig-raid-new.png"></P ></DIV ><P ><B >Figure 5-3. Creating a Software RAID Partition</B ></P ></DIV ><P > 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. </P ><P > After creating all the partitions needed to form a RAID device, follow these steps: </P ><P ></P ><OL TYPE="1" ><LI ><P >Click the <B CLASS="GUIBUTTON" >RAID</B > button.</P ></LI ><LI ><P >Select <B CLASS="GUILABEL" >Create a RAID device</B >.</P ></LI ><LI ><P >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 partition.</P ><DIV CLASS="FIGURE" ><A NAME="FIG-REDHAT-CONFIG-KICKSTART-MD0" ></A ><DIV CLASS="MEDIAOBJECT" ><P ><IMG SRC="./figs/ksconfig-raid-device.png"></P ></DIV ><P ><B >Figure 5-4. Creating a Software RAID Device</B ></P ></DIV ></LI ><LI ><P >Click <B CLASS="GUIBUTTON" >OK</B > to add the device to the list.</P ></LI ></OL ></DIV ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="NAVFOOTER" ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"><TABLE SUMMARY="Footer navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="system-config-kickstart-bootloader.html" ACCESSKEY="P" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="index.html" ACCESSKEY="H" >Home</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="system-config-kickstart-network.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" >Boot Loader Options</TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" >Network Configuration</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></BODY ></HTML >