After that is a single letter representing the number of
the disk (disk 1 is a, disk 2 is b, disk 3 is c, and so on). So, for example, to refer to the
entire first hard disk, use the device name /dev/sda. To refer to a particular partition on
that disk, add the partition number (1, 2, 3, and so on). For example, /dev/sda1 represents
the first partition on the first IDE hard drive on the computer.
Mount Point/Raid/Volume??”The directory where the partition is connected into the
Linux file system (if it is). You must assign the root partition (/) to a native Linux partition
before you can proceed. If you are using RAID or LVM, the name of the RAID device
or LVM volume appears here.
Type??”The type of file system that is installed on the disk partition. In many cases, the
file system will be Linux (ext3), Win VFAT (vfat), or Linux swap. However, you can also
use the previous Linux file system (ext2), physical volume (LVM), or software RAID. The
NTFS partition shown in Figure 7-1 for device /dev/sda1 implies that Windows is
installed on this computer and this can, therefore, be used as a dual-boot computer with
Windows and Linux.
Format??”Indicates whether the installation process should format the hard disk partition.
Partitions marked with a check are erased! So, on a multi-boot system, be sure your
Windows partitions and other partitions containing data you don??™t want to lose are not
checked!
Size (MB)??”The amount of disk space allocated for the partition (in megabytes).
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