
Partitioning With Disk Druid

   Choose  where  you  would like Red Hat Linux to be
   installed.

   If  you  don't  know how to partition your system,
   please read the section on partitioning in the Red
   Hat  Linux Installation Guide or the Red Hat Linux
   Reference Guide on the Documentation CD-ROM.

   The  top  screen  shows  your existing partitions.
   Each partition has five fields:

     * Mount  Point:  This  field indicates where the
       partition  will  be mounted when Red Hat Linux
       is  installed  and  running.  If  a  partition
       exists,  but  is labeled as "not set" you need
       to  define  its  mount  point  using  the Edit
       button.
     * Device:  This  field  displays the partition's
       device  name (for example, hda2 represents the
       second partition on your primary hard drive).
     * Requested:  The Requested field shows how much
       space  the  partition  has.  To  re-define the
       size,   delete   the   current  partition  and
       recreate it using the Add button.
     * Actual:  This  field  shows how much space the
       partition is using.
     * Type:  This  field  shows the partition's type
       (such as Linux Native or DOS).

   As  you scroll through the Partitions section, you
   might   see  an  Unallocated  Requested  Partition
   message,  followed  by  one  or more partitions. A
   common  reason for having an unallocated partition
   is  a  lack  of  sufficient  free  space  for  the
   partition.

   To  fix  an  unallocated  requested partition, you
   must move the partition to another drive which has
   the  available  space, resize the partition to fit
   on  the  current  drive,  or  delete the partition
   entirely. Make changes using the Edit button.

Partitioning Your System

   The   center   row   of   buttons   controls   the
   partitioning  tool's  actions.  You can add, edit,
   and delete partitions here. In addition, there are
   buttons  you  can use to accept the changes you've
   made, or to reset and exit the partitioning tool.

     * Add:   Use   this  button  to  request  a  new
       partition.  When  selected,  a dialog box will
       appear  containing  fields that must be filled
       in (such as mount point, size and type).
     * Edit:  Use  this  button  to  change the mount
       point of a currently selected partition.
     * Delete: Use this button to delete a partition.
       A  dialog  box  will  ask  you  to confirm the
       deletion.
     * Reset:  Use  this button to cancel any changes
       you may have made.
     * Make  RAID  Device:  Use  the Make RAID Device
       button ONLY if you have experience using RAID.
       To   learn  more  about  RAID,  refer  to  the
       Official  Red Hat Linux Reference Guide online
       at  www.redhat.com/support/manuals  or  on the
       Documentation CD.

Drive Summaries

   This   section   displays   your  computer's  disk
   configuration.  It  is  only  meant  to  provide a
   summary. Each line has the following fields:

     * Drive:  This  field  shows  the  hard  drive's
       device name (such as hda or hdb).
     * Geom  [C/H/S]: The hard drive's geometry shows
       the number of cylinders, heads and sectors.
     * Total:  This  field  shows the total available
       space on the hard drive.
     * Free:  Here  you'll  see  how much of the hard
       drive's space is still available.
     * Used:  These  fields show how much of the hard
       disk's   space   is   currently  allocated  to
       partitions, in megabytes and percentage.
