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point of the hard disks and their partitions are also displayed. The mount point describes
where the partition appears in the Linux file system tree.
If you run the expert dialog during installation, any free hard disk space is also listed
and automatically selected. To provide more disk space to SUSE Linux, free the needed
space starting from the bottom toward the top of the list (starting from the last partition
of a hard disk toward the first). For example, if you have three partitions, you cannot
use the second exclusively for SUSE Linux and retain the third and first for other operating
systems.
Creating a Partition
Select Create. If several hard disks are connected, a selection dialog appears in which
to select a hard disk for the new partition. Then, specify the partition type (primary or
extended). Create up to four primary partitions or up to three primary partitions and
one extended partition. Within the extended partition, create several logical partitions
(see Section “Partition Types” (page 9)).
Select the file system to use and a mount point, if necessary. YaST suggests a mount
point for each partition created. Details of the parameters are provided in the next section.
Select OK to apply your changes. The new partition is then listed in the partition table.
If you click Next, the current values are adopted. During installation you are then returned
to the suggestion screen.
Partitioning Parameters
When you create a new partition or modify an existing partition, set various parameters.
For new partitions, suitable parameters are set by YaST and usually do not require any
modification. To perform manual settings, proceed as follows:
1. Select the partition.
2. Click Edit to edit the partition and set the parameters:
File System ID
Even if you do not want to format the partition at this stage, assign it a file
system ID to ensure that the partition is registered correctly. Possible values
include Linux, Linux swap, Linux LVM, and Linux RAID. For LVM and
RAID details, refer to Section “LVM Configuration” (Chapter 2, Advanced