If your
system has two hard disks, you may assign one to / and one to /home (if you have lots of
users) or /var (if the computer is a server sharing lots of data).
Deleting, Adding, and Editing Partitions
Before you can add a partition, there needs to be some free space available on your hard disk. If all
space on your hard disk is currently assigned to one partition (as it often is in DOS or Windows),
you must delete or resize that partition before you can claim space on another partition. The section
???Dual Booting with Windows or Just Linux???? discusses how to add a partition without losing information
in your existing single-partition system.
Make sure that any data that you want to keep is backed up before you delete the
partition.When you delete a partition, all its data is gone.
Disk Druid is less flexible but more intuitive than the fdisk utility. Disk Druid lets you delete, add,
and edit partitions.
If you create multiple partitions, make sure that there is enough room in the right places
to complete the installation. For example, most of the Linux software is installed in the
/usr directory (and subdirectories), whereas most user data files are eventually added to the /home
or /var directory.
To delete a partition in Disk Druid, do the following:
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