Debian GNU/Linux : Guide to Installation and Usage by John Goerzen;Ossama Othman
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on page [*]. The numbers may not be the same, but the Flags and FS Type
column shoulds be similar. Until now, nothing on your disk has been altered. If you are satisfied that the partition scheme you created is what you want, press the left-arrow key until ``Write'' is highlighted, and press Enter. Your hard disk has now been partitioned. Quit the cfdisk application by selecting the ``Quit'' menu selection. Once you have left cfdisk, you should be back in Debian's dbootstrap installation application. Figure 3.1: cfdisk screenshot \resizebox*{4in}{!}{\includegraphics{images/cfdisk.eps}} Initialize and Activate a Swap Partition This will be the ``Next'' menu item once you have created one disk partition. You have the choice of initializing and activating a new swap partition, activating a previously-initialized one, or doing without a swap partition. A swap partition is strongly recommended, but you can do without one if you insist and if your system has more than 4MB RAM. If you wish to do this, select the ``Do Without a Swap Partition'' item from the menu and move on to the next section. It's always permissible to reinitialize a swap partition, so select ``Initialize and Activate a Swap Partition'' unless you are sure you know what you are doing. This menu choice will first present you with a dialog box reading ``Please select the partition to activate as a swap device.'' The default device presented should be the swap partition you've already |
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