Partitioning allows you to divide your hard drive into isolated
sections, where each section behaves as its own hard drive. Partitioning
is particularly useful if you run more than one operating system. If you
are not sure how you want your system to be partitioned, read Appendix E for more information.
On this screen, you can choose to perform automatic partitioning, or
manual partitioning using Disk Druid or
fdisk (see Figure 3-11).
Automatic partitioning allows you to perform an installation without
having to partition your drive(s) yourself. If you do not feel comfortable
with partitioning your system, it is recommended that you do
not choose to partition manually and instead let the installation
program partition for you.
To partition manually, choose either the Disk
Druid or fdisk (recommended for
experts only) partitioning tool.
If you chose to manually partition using Disk
Druid, refer to the Section called Partitioning Your System.
If you chose to manually partition using
fdisk, refer to the Section called Partitioning with fdisk.
