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Christopher Negus

"Linux Bible, 2008 Edition: Boot up to Ubuntu, Fedora, KNOPPIX, Debian, openSUSE, and 11 Other Distributions"


5. If you have more than one hard disk, select the disk on which you want to put the partition
from the Allowable Drives box.
6. Type the size of the partition (in megabytes) into the Size (MB) box.
7. Select one of the following Additional Size Options:
 Fixed size??”Click here to use only the number of megabytes you entered into the
Size text box when you create the partition.
 Fill all space up to (MB)??”If you want to use all remaining space up to a certain
number of megabytes, click here and fill in the number. (You may want to do this if
you are creating a VFAT partition up to the 2048MB limit that Disk Druid can create.)
 Fill to maximum allowable size??”If you want this partition to grow to fill the rest of
the disk, click here.
8. Optionally, select Force to Be a Primary Partition if you want to be sure to be able to boot
the partition or Check for Bad Blocks if you want to have the partition checked for errors.
9. Select OK if everything is correct. (The changes don??™t take effect until several steps later
when you are asked to begin installing the packages.)
To edit a partition in Disk Druid from the main Disk Druid window, follow these steps:
1. Click the partition you want to edit.
2. Click the Edit button. A window appears, ready to let you edit the partition definition.


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