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Partition Fields
14.2. Disk Druid's Buttons
These buttons control Disk Druid's actions. They are used to change the attributes of a
partition (for example the file system type and mount point) and also to create RAID devices.
Buttons on this screen are also used to accept the changes you have made, or to exit Disk
Druid. For further explanation, take a look at each button in order:
• Edit: Used to modify attributes of the partition currently selected in the Partitions section.
Selecting Edit opens a dialog box. Some or all of the fields can be edited, depending on
whether the partition information has already been written to disk.
• RAID: Used to provide redundancy to any or all disk partitions. It should only be used if you
have experience using RAID. To read more about RAID, refer to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Deployment Guide.
To make a RAID device, you must first create software RAID partitions. Once you have
created two or more software RAID partitions, select RAID to join the software RAID partitions
into a RAID device.
14.3. Partition Fields
Above the partition hierarchy are labels which present information about the partitions you are
creating. The labels are defined as follows:
• Device: This field displays the partition's device name.
• Mount Point/RAID/Volume: A mount point is the location within the directory hierarchy at
which a volume exists; the volume is "mounted" at this location. This field indicates where the
partition is mounted. If a partition exists, but is not set, then you need to define its mount
point. Double-click on the partition or click the Edit button.
• Type: This field shows the partition's file system type (for example, ext2, ext3, or vfat).
• Format: This field shows if the partition being created will be formatted.
• Size (MB): This field shows the partition's size (in MB).
• Start: This field shows the cylinder on your hard drive where the partition begins.
• End: This field shows the cylinder on your hard drive where the partition ends.
Hide RAID device/LVM Volume Group members: Select this option if you do not want to view
any RAID device or LVM Volume Group members that have been created.
14.4. Recommended Partitioning Scheme
Unless you have a reason for doing otherwise, we recommend that you create the following
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