
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.
