9. Partitions Settings

We choose Set Filesystem Mountpoints.

In order to configure the partitions settings the installer will be asking each time:

a. Which role will have each partition we create (e.g. “/”, “/boot”, “/home” etc.)

b. What kind of file system will it have (e.g. ext3, reiserfs, xfs etc. )

c. If we like the partition to be formatted or to keep the data it contains.

Take a look at the notes you have kept and be careful on what you choose.

So, we will be asked for the following:

- swap partition
-> in our example we have chosen sda3
-> to be formatted
Remember that swap can be common among different linux distributions.

- “/”
-> in our example we have chosen sda2
-> ext3 file system
-> to be formatted
These partitions are obligatory. Next the installer will ask if we want to create other partitions too.

It is obvious that we will create the ones we have noted down. Moreover it isn’t obligatory to use all the partitions of our disks.

You should take care if you will have a common partition with other distributions (e.g. “/boot”, “/home” etc.)

In that case you must tell the installer not to format that partition or you will lose your data.

So, we choose:

- partition “sda1”
-> ext3 filesystem (be careful if in common use)
-> to be mounted as “/boot”
-> to be formatted (be careful if in common use)

- partition “sda6”
-> ext3 filesystem (be careful if in common use)
-> to be mounted as “/home”
-> to be formatted (be careful if in common use)

- partition “sda5”
-> reiserfs filesystem (be careful if in common use)
-> to be mounted as “/mnt/repos”
-> to be formatted (be careful if in common use)

- partition “sda7”
-> xfs filesystem (be careful if in common use)
-> to be mounted as “/mnt/data”
-> to be formatted (be careful if in common use)

This way and by following the details you have taken notes of you create your partitions. In the image you can see what the will look like finally.

When you are finished press DONE.

10. Basic Packages Selection

We choose Select Packages.

a. First we will be asked which will be the installation source. We choose CD.

b. A list with all the optical drives of our system will appead. We choose the one we use.

c. We will be asked if we want the optical drive to be automatically mounted. We select YES.

In step b the real devices names of your optical notes will be listed. Take a note of them. Most probably the will be the same in your system after the installation.

This CD contains only the base packets which must be all installed.

So we select all of them and tell the installer to install them.

When we finish we press DONE.

11. Basic Packages Installation

We select Install Packages.

When they are finished we press DONE.