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(swap) will be stored. This task is complicated if another operating system that you want to
keep is already on the machine. Indeed, you will then have to make sure that you do not alter
its partitions (or that you resize them without causing damage).
Fortunately, the partitioning software has a “guided” mode which recommends partitions for
the user to make — in most cases, you can simply validate the software's suggestions.
Figure 4.7
Choice of partitioning mode
The first screen in the partitioning tool offers the choice of using an entire hard drive to create
various partitions. For a (new) computer which will solely use Linux, this option is clearly the
simplest, and you can choose the option “Guided - use entire disk”. If the computer has two hard
drives for two operating systems, setting one drive for each is also a solution that can facilitate
partitioning. In both of these cases, the next screen offers to choose the disk where Linux will
be installed by selecting the corresponding entry (for example, “SCSI3 (0,0,0) (sda) - 12.9 GB ATA
VBOX HARDDISK”). You then start guided partitioning.
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