Partitioning With Disk Druid Where do you want to install Red Hat Linux? If you don't know how to partition your system, please read the section on partitioning in the Red Hat Linux Installation Guide or the Red Hat Linux Reference Guide on the Documentation CD-ROM. The top screen shows your existing partitions. Each partition has five fields: * Mount Point: This field indicates where the partition will be mounted when Red Hat Linux is installed and running. If a partition exists, but is labeled as "not set" you need to define its mount point using the Edit button. * Device: This field displays the partition's device name (for example, hda2 represents the second partition on your primary hard drive). * Requested: The Requested field shows how much space the partition has. To re-define the size, delete the current partition and recreate it using the Add button. * Actual: This field shows how much space the partition is using. * Type: This field shows the partition's type (such as Linux Native or DOS). As you scroll through the Partitions section, you might see an Unallocated Requested Partition message, followed by one or more partitions. A common reason for having an unallocated partition is a lack of sufficient free space for the partition. To fix an unallocated requested partition, you must move the partition to another drive which has the available space, resize the partition to fit on the current drive, or delete the partition entirely. Make changes using the Edit button. Partitioning Your System The center row of buttons controls the partitioning tool's actions. You can add, edit, and delete partitions here. In addition, there are buttons you can use to accept the changes you've made, or to reset and exit the partitioning tool. * Add: Use this button to request a new partition. When selected, a dialog box will appear containing fields that must be filled in (such as mount point, size and type). * Edit: Use this button to change the mount point of a currently selected partition. * Delete: Use this button to delete a partition. A dialog box will ask you to confirm the deletion. * Reset: Use this button to cancel any changes you may have made. * Make RAID Device: Use the Make RAID Device button ONLY if you have experience using RAID. To learn more about RAID, refer to the Official Red Hat Linux Reference Guide online at www.redhat.com/support/manuals or on the Documentation CD. Drive Summaries This section displays your computer's disk configuration. It is only meant to provide a summary. Each line has the following fields: * Drive: This field shows the hard drive's device name (such as hda or hdb). * Geom [C/H/S]: The hard drive's geometry shows the number of cylinders, heads and sectors. * Total: This field shows the total available space on the hard drive. * Free: Here you'll see how much of the hard drive's space is still available. * Used: These fields show how much of the hard disk's space is currently allocated to partitions, in megabytes and percentage.