<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML ><HEAD ><TITLE >Linux Partition HOWTO</TITLE ><META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.7"><LINK REL="NEXT" TITLE="Introduction" HREF="intro.html"></HEAD ><BODY CLASS="article" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000FF" VLINK="#840084" ALINK="#0000FF" ><DIV CLASS="ARTICLE" ><DIV CLASS="TITLEPAGE" ><H1 CLASS="title" ><A NAME="AEN2" ></A >Linux Partition HOWTO</H1 ><H3 CLASS="author" ><A NAME="AEN4" >Anthony Lissot</A ></H3 ><DIV CLASS="revhistory" ><TABLE WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR ><TH ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN="3" ><B >Revision History</B ></TH ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision 3.5</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >26 Dec 2005</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >reorganized document page ordering. added page on setting up swap space. added page of partition labels. updated max swap size values in section 4. added instructions on making ext2/3 file systems. broken links identified by Richard Calmbach are fixed. created an XML version.</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision 3.4.4</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >08 March 2004</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >synchronized SGML version with HTML version. Updated lilo placement and swap size discussion.</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision 3.3</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >04 April 2003</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >synchronized SGML and HTML versions</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision 3.3</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >10 July 2001</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >Corrected Section 6, calculation of cylinder numbers</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision 3.2</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >1 September 2000</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >Dan Scott provides sgml conversion 2 Oct. 2000. Rewrote Introduction. Rewrote discussion on device names in Logical Devices. Reorganized Partition Types. Edited Partition Requirements. Added Recovering a deleted partition table.</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision 3.1</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >12 June 2000</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >Corrected swap size limitation in Partition Requirements, updated various links in Introduction, added submitted example in How to Partition with fdisk, added file system discussion in Partition Requirements.</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision 3.0</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >1 May 2000</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >First revision by Anthony Lissot based on Linux Partition HOWTO by Kristian Koehntopp.</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision 2.4</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >3 November 1997</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >Last revision by Kristian Koehntopp.</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ><DIV ><DIV CLASS="abstract" ><A NAME="AEN40" ></A ><P ></P ><P > This Linux Mini-HOWTO teaches you how to plan and create partitions on IDE and SCSI hard drives. It discusses partitioning terminology and considers size and location issues. Use of the fdisk partitioning utility for creating and recovering of partition tables is covered. The most recent version of this document is <A HREF="http://lissot.net/partition" TARGET="_top" >here</A >. The Turkish translation is <A HREF="http://belgeler.org/howto/partition-howto.html" TARGET="_top" >here</A >. </P ><P ></P ></DIV ></DIV ><HR></DIV ><DIV CLASS="TOC" ><DL ><DT ><B >Table of Contents</B ></DT ><DT >1. <A HREF="intro.html" >Introduction</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >1.1. <A HREF="intro.html#explanation" >What is a partition?</A ></DT ><DT >1.2. <A HREF="intro.html#AEN57" >Other Partitioning Software:</A ></DT ><DT >1.3. <A HREF="intro.html#howtos" >Related HOWTOs</A ></DT ><DT >1.4. <A HREF="intro.html#AEN141" >Additional information on your system:</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >2. <A HREF="devices.html" >Devices</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >2.1. <A HREF="devices.html#names" >Device names</A ></DT ><DT >2.2. <A HREF="devices.html#numbers" >Device numbers</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >3. <A HREF="partition-types.html" >Partition Types</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >3.1. <A HREF="partition-types.html#types" >Partition Types</A ></DT ><DT >3.2. <A HREF="partition-types.html#AEN429" >Foreign Partition Types</A ></DT ><DT >3.3. <A HREF="partition-types.html#primary" >Primary Partitions</A ></DT ><DT >3.4. <A HREF="partition-types.html#logical" >Logical Partitions</A ></DT ><DT >3.5. <A HREF="partition-types.html#swap-partitions" >Swap Partitions</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >4. <A HREF="requirements.html" >Partitioning requirements</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >4.1. <A HREF="requirements.html#number" >What Partitions do I need?</A ></DT ><DT >4.2. <A HREF="requirements.html#AEN467" >Discussion:</A ></DT ><DT >4.3. <A HREF="requirements.html#AEN493" >File Systems</A ></DT ><DT >4.4. <A HREF="requirements.html#SwapSize" >Swap Partitions</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >5. <A HREF="fdisk_partitioning.html" >Partitioning with fdisk</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >5.1. <A HREF="fdisk_partitioning.html#fdisk" >fdisk usage</A ></DT ><DT >5.2. <A HREF="fdisk_partitioning.html#primary-example" >Four primary partitions</A ></DT ><DT >5.3. <A HREF="fdisk_partitioning.html#mixed" >Mixed primary and logical partitions</A ></DT ><DT >5.4. <A HREF="fdisk_partitioning.html#submitted" >Submitted Examples</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >6. <A HREF="labels.html" >Labels</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >6.1. <A HREF="labels.html#volumelabels" >Volume Labels</A ></DT ><DT >6.2. <A HREF="labels.html#devicelabels" >Device Labels</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >7. <A HREF="formatting.html" >Formatting an ext2/3 partition</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >.1. <A HREF="formatting.html#formatting-invocation" >Simple Invocation</A ></DT ><DT >.2. <A HREF="formatting.html#reservedblocks" >Reserved blocks</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >8. <A HREF="recovering.html" >Recovering a Deleted Partition Table</A ></DT ><DT >9. <A HREF="setting_up_swap.html" >Setting Up Swap Space</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >9.1. <A HREF="setting_up_swap.html#swap_partitions" >Swap Files</A ></DT ><DT >9.2. <A HREF="setting_up_swap.html#swapfiles" >Swap Files</A ></DT ><DT >9.3. <A HREF="setting_up_swap.html#multiple_swap_areas" >Multiple Swap Areas</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >10. <A HREF="appendix.html" >Appendix</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >10.1. <A HREF="appendix.html#formating" >Formating Partitions</A ></DT ><DT >10.2. <A HREF="appendix.html#swap" >Activating Swap Space</A ></DT ><DT >10.3. <A HREF="appendix.html#mounting" >Mounting Partitions</A ></DT ><DT >10.4. <A HREF="appendix.html#fragmentation" >Some facts about file systems and fragmentation</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ></DL ></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" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="intro.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" >Introduction</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></BODY ></HTML >