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title: How to have root, home, and swap partitions created during OM Lx installation title: How to have root, home, and swap partitions created during OM Lx installation
description: description:
published: true published: true
date: 2020-03-12T09:00:32.114Z date: 2020-03-12T18:06:39.603Z
tags: documentation, howto tags: documentation, howto
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Notice that if you accept the default <kbd>Erase disk</kbd> it will create a `/boot/efi` and `/` partition only. Notice that if you accept the default <kbd>Erase disk</kbd> 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. 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*** Select <kbd>Manual Partitioning</kbd>
![root-home-swap-02.png](/images/root-home-swap-02.png) ![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. 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`.) The `/boot/efi` partition should be labeled with `boot`. (The partitioner will automatically label it a `esp`.)
The first step is to select <kbd>New Partition Table</kbd> The first step is to select <kbd>New Partition Table</kbd>
If the system is efi or uefi boot it must be a `GPT` partition table. If the system is efi or uefi boot it must be a `GPT` partition table.
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Next we will create `/boot/efi`, `/`, `/home`, and swap in that order. 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. The only critical factor in the order is that the `/boot/efi` needs to be first the others can be in any order.
`/boot/efi` is typically a 300 MB partition and needs to be fat16 or fat32 to work. Or in some other installers its file system type will be called vfat. `/boot/efi` is typically a 300 MB partition and needs to be fat16 or fat32 to work. In some other installers its file system type will be called vfat.
So we create them one at a time. So we create them one at a time.
Select <kbd>Create</kbd> Select <kbd>Create</kbd>
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![root-home-swap-05.png](/images/root-home-swap-05.png) ![root-home-swap-05.png](/images/root-home-swap-05.png)
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