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40 Chapter 3:Installing Red Hat Linux
• software RAID — Creating two or more software RAID partitions allow you to create a RAID
device. For more information regarding RAID, refer to the chapter RAID (Redundant Array of
Independent Disks) in the Official Red Hat Linux Customization Guide.
•
swap — Swap partitions are used to support virtual memory. In other words, data is written to a
swap partition when there is not enough RAM to store the data your system is processing.
•
vfat — The VFAT filesystem is a Linux filesystem that is compatible with Windows 95/NT long
filenames on the FAT filesystem. This filesystem must be used for the /boot/efi partition.
3.10.6 Editing Partitions
To edit a partition, select the Edit button or double-click on the existing partition.
Note
If the partition already exists on your hard disk, you will only be able to
change the partition’s mount point. If you want to make any other changes,
you will need to delete the partition and recreate it.
3.10.7 Deleting a Partition
To delete a partition, highlight it in the Partitions section and click the
Delete button. You will be
asked to confirm the deletion.
Skip to Section 3.12, Network Configuration for further installation instructions.
3.11 Partitioning with fdisk
This section applies only if you chose to use fdisk to partition your system.
To partition your system without using fdisk, please skip to Section 3.9, Automatic Partitioning for
automatic partitioning or Section 3.10, Partitioning Your System for partitioning with Disk Druid.
If you have already completed disk partitioning, skip to Section 3.12, Network Configuration for fur-
ther installation instructions.