diff --git a/doc/guides/howto-root-home-swap.md b/doc/guides/howto-root-home-swap.md index 19f68ff..8123952 100644 --- a/doc/guides/howto-root-home-swap.md +++ b/doc/guides/howto-root-home-swap.md @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ title: How to have root, home, and swap partitions created during OM Lx installation description: published: true -date: 2020-03-12T08:15:54.191Z +date: 2020-03-12T08:26:48.777Z tags: documentation, howto --- @@ -18,14 +18,14 @@ Calamares includes an advanced partitioning feature, with support for both manua To do pretty much anything you need with partitions you want to select Manual partitioning -xxxx +![root-home-swap-01.png](/images/root-home-swap-01.png) Notice that if you accept the default Erase disk it will create a `/boot/efi` and `/` partition only. The installer by default no longer automatically creates a swap partition because on most all modern computers swap is not used anymore. Select ***Manual Partitioning*** -xxxxxxxx +![root-home-swap-02.png](/images/root-home-swap-02.png) First we see how to set up an efi system with separate `/`, `/home` and swap partitions as well as the necessary `/boot/efi` for the efi booting. If you use MBR partition table you do not need to create a `/boot/efi` parition. The `/boot/efi` partition should be labeled with `boot`. (The partitioner will automatically lable it a `esp`.) @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ The first step is to select New Partition Table If the system is efi or uefi boot it must be a `GPT` partition table. If it is legacy boot you can select either `MBR` or `GPT`. If you don't know which to use select the more up to date `GPT`. Also if user has multiple hard drives or ssd's they all need to have the same partition table type or there can be problems. So all `GPT` or all `MBR` -xxxxx +![root-home-swap-03.png](/images/root-home-swap-03.png) Next we will create `/boot/efi`, `/`, `/home`, and swap in that order. The only critical factor in the order is that the `/boot/efi` needs to be first the others can be in any order. @@ -44,11 +44,11 @@ The only critical factor in the order is that the `/boot/efi` needs to be first So we create them one at a time. Select Create -xxxxx +![root-home-swap-04.png](/images/root-home-swap-04.png) Follow the steps in the dialog box and you will end up with something like this -xxxx +![root-home-swap-05.png](/images/root-home-swap-05.png) If you have what you want select Next and when installed your new system will have the separate root, home, and swap partitions. @@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ Swap also may still be used on computers doing very intense level of mathematica This is a screenshot of what the Create dialog window should look like for your `/boot/efi` partition on `UEFI/EFI` system: -xxxxx +![root-home-swap-05.png](/images/root-home-swap-05.png) \- + + +