HP NetServer LXr Pro8 Installing TurboLinux Server on an HP Netserver - Page 3

DOS FREE, Add a partition, Linux ext2, Linux swap, 256MB

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provide. The amount of swap space required also varies depending on the amount of RAM in the system. The following partitioning scheme is given as an example. 9. Create a boot partition. A. Select DOS FREE under /dev/sda. B. Click Add a partition. C. Select partition type Linux ext2. D. Set the partition size to 20MB. E. Set the mount point to /boot. F. Click OK. 10. Create a swap partition. A. Select DOS FREE under /dev/sda. B. Select Add a partition. C. Select partition type Linux swap. D. set the partition size to 256MB. E. Click OK. 11. Create a root partition. A. Select DOS FREE under /dev/sda B. Select Add a partition. C. Select partition type Linux ext2. D. Set the partition size to the desired amount of space. E. Click OK. 12. Click Next to go to the next step. 13. Click on all the partition to set them for formatting. You may also select to check for bad blocks while formatting. Be aware that formatting will take considerably longer to complete with this option on. Click OK to format.

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provide. The amount of swap space required also varies depending on the amount of
RAM in the system. The following partitioning scheme is given as an example.
9. Create a boot partition.
A. Select
DOS FREE
under /dev/sda.
B. Click
Add a partition
.
C. Select partition type
Linux ext2
.
D.
S
et the partition size to
20MB
.
E. Set the mount point to
/boot
.
F. Click
OK
.
10.
Create a swap partition.
A. Select
DOS FREE
under /dev/sda.
B. Select
Add a partition
.
C. Select partition type
Linux swap
.
D. set the partition size to
256MB
.
E. Click
OK
.
11.
Create a root partition.
A. Select
DOS FREE
under /dev/sda
B. Select
Add a partition
.
C. Select partition type
Linux ext2
.
D. Set the partition size to the desired amount of space.
E. Click
OK
.
12. Click
Next
to go to the next step.
13.
Click on all the partition to set them for formatting. You may also select to check
for bad blocks while formatting. Be aware that formatting will take considerably
longer to complete with this option on. Click
OK
to format.