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At the very minimum we recommend creating two partitions; one for your -root filesystem (<tt class="FILENAME">/</tt>) and one for swap space.</p> - -<p>After the root disk finishes loading, it will present you with a login prompt. Log in -as root (there is no password). At the shell prompt, run either <tt -class="COMMAND">cfdisk</tt>(8) or <tt class="COMMAND">fdisk</tt>(8). The <tt -class="COMMAND">cfdisk</tt> program provides a more user-friendly interface than the -regular <tt class="COMMAND">fdisk</tt> program, but does lack some features. We will -briefly explain the <tt class="COMMAND">fdisk</tt> program below.</p> - -<p>Begin by running <tt class="COMMAND">fdisk</tt> for your hard disk. In Linux, the hard -disks do not have drive letters, but are represented by a file. The first IDE hard disk -(primary master) is <tt class="FILENAME">/dev/hda</tt>, the primary slave is <tt -class="FILENAME">/dev/hdb</tt>, and so on. SCSI disks follow the same type system, but -are in the form of <tt class="FILENAME">/dev/sd<var class="REPLACEABLE">X</var></tt>. You -will need to start <tt class="COMMAND">fdisk</tt> and pass it your hard disk:</p> - -<table border="0" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" width="100%"> -<tr> -<td> -<pre class="SCREEN"> -<samp class="PROMPT">#</samp> <kbd class="USERINPUT">fdisk /dev/hda</kbd> -</pre> -</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<p>Like all good Unix programs, <tt class="COMMAND">fdisk</tt> gives you a prompt -(thought you were getting a menu, right?). The first thing you should do is examine your -current partitions. We do that by typing <kbd class="USERINPUT">p</kbd> at the <tt -class="COMMAND">fdisk</tt> prompt:</p> - -<table border="0" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" width="100%"> -<tr> -<td> -<pre class="SCREEN"> -Command (m for help): <kbd class="USERINPUT">p</kbd> -</pre> -</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<p>This will display all sorts of information about your current partitions. Most people -pick a free drive to install to and then remove any existing partitions on it to create -room for the Linux partitions.</p> - -<div class="WARNING"> -<table class="WARNING" width="100%" border="0"> -<tr> -<td width="25" align="CENTER" valign="TOP"><img src="./imagelib/admon/warning.png" -hspace="5" alt="Warning" /></td> -<td align="LEFT" valign="TOP"> -<p>IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU BACK UP ANY INFORMATION YOU WANT TO SAVE BEFORE -DESTROYING THE PARTITION IT LIVES ON.</p> -</td> -</tr> -</table> -</div> - -<p>There is no easy way to recover from deleting a partition, so always back up before -playing with them.</p> - -<p>Looking at the table of partition information you should see a partition number, the -size of the partition, and its type. There's more information, but don't worry about that -for now. We are going to delete all of the partitions on this drive to create the Linux -ones. We run the <kbd class="USERINPUT">d</kbd> command to delete those:</p> - -<table border="0" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" width="100%"> -<tr> -<td> -<pre class="SCREEN"> -Command (m for help): <kbd class="USERINPUT">d</kbd> -Partition number (1-4): <kbd class="USERINPUT">1</kbd> -</pre> -</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<p>This process should be continued for each of the partitions. After deleting the -partitions we are ready to create the Linux ones. We have decided to create one partition -for our root filesystem and one for swap. It is worth noting that Unix partitioning -schemes are the subject of many flame wars, and that most users will tell you the best -way to do it. At a minimum, you should create one partition for <tt -class="FILENAME">/</tt> and one for swap. Over time, you'll develop a method that works -well for you.</p> - -<p>I use two basic partition schemes. The first is for a desktop. I make 4 partitions, -<tt class="FILENAME">/</tt>, <tt class="FILENAME">/home</tt>, <tt -class="FILENAME">/usr/local</tt>, and swap. This lets me re-install or upgrade the entire -installation under <tt class="FILENAME">/</tt> without wiping out my data files under -/home or my custom compiled applications under <tt class="FILENAME">/usr/local</tt>. For -servers, I often replace the <tt class="FILENAME">/usr/local</tt> partition with a <tt -class="FILENAME">/var</tt> partition. Many different servers store information on that -partition and having it kept separate from <tt class="FILENAME">/</tt> has certain -performance benefits. For now, we're sticking with just two partitions: <tt -class="FILENAME">/</tt> and swap.</p> - -<p>Now we create the partitions with the <kbd class="USERINPUT">n</kbd> command:</p> - -<table border="0" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" width="100%"> -<tr> -<td> -<pre class="SCREEN"> -Command (m for help): <kbd class="USERINPUT">n</kbd> -Command action - e extended - p primary partition (1-4) -<kbd class="USERINPUT">p</kbd> -Partition number (1-4):<kbd class="USERINPUT">1</kbd> -First cylinder (0-1060, default 0):<kbd class="USERINPUT">0</kbd> - Last cylinder or +size or +sizeM or +sizeK (0-1060, default 1060):<kbd -class="USERINPUT">+64M</kbd> -</pre> -</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<p>You need to make sure you create primary partitions. The first partition is going to -be our swap partition. We tell fdisk to make partition number 1 a primary partition. We -start it at cylinder 0 and for the ending cylinder we type +64M. This will give us a 64 -megabyte partition for swap. (The size of the swap partition you need actually depends on -the amount of RAM you have. It is conventional wisdom that a swap space double the size -of your RAM should be created.) Then we define primary partition number 2 starting at the -first available cylinder and going all the way to the end of the drive.</p> - -<table border="0" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" width="100%"> -<tr> -<td> -<pre class="SCREEN"> -Command (m for help):<kbd class="USERINPUT">n</kbd> -Command action - e extended - p primary partition (1-4) -<kbd class="USERINPUT">p</kbd> -Partition number (1-4):<kbd class="USERINPUT">2</kbd> -First cylinder (124-1060, default 124):<kbd class="USERINPUT">124</kbd> -Last cylinder or +size or +sizeM or +sizeK (124-1060, default 1060):<kbd -class="USERINPUT">1060</kbd> -</pre> -</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<p>We are almost done. We need to change the type of the first partition to type 82 -(Linux swap). Type <kbd class="USERINPUT">t</kbd> to change the type, select the first -partition, and type <var class="LITERAL">82</var>. Before writing your changes to the -disk, you should look at the new partition table one last time. Use the <kbd -class="USERINPUT">p</kbd> in <tt class="COMMAND">fdisk</tt> to display the partition -table. 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