To make the partitions listed below on your system; this is the partition we'll need for our server installation example;
the command will be under Disk Druid:
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/boot our /boot directory.
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5
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Linux Native
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/usr our /usr directory.
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512
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Linux Native
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/home our /home directory.
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1146
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Linux Native
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/chroot our /chroot directory.
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256
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Linux Native
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/cache our /cache directory.
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256
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Linux Native
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/var our /var directory.
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256
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Linux Native
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our /Swap partition leave the Mount Point Blank.
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128
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Linux Swap
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/tmp our /tmp directory.
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256
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Linux Native
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/ our / directory.
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256
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Linux Native
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After the partitions of your hard disk has been completed, you must see something like the following information on
your screen. Our mount points will look like this:
Table 3-1. Sample representaion of partitions
| Mount Point | Device | Requested | Actual | Type |
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| /boot | sda1 | 5M | 5M | Linux Native |
| /usr | sda5 | 512M | 1146M | Linux Native |
| /home | sda6 | 256M | 256M | Linux Native |
| /chroot | sda7 | 256M | 256M | Linux Native |
| /cache | sda8 | 256M | 256M | Linux Native |
| /var | sda9 | 256M | 256M | Linux Native |
| <Swap> | sda10 | 128M | 128M | Linux Swap |
| /tmp | sda11 | 256M | 256M | Linux Native |
| / | sda12 | 256M | 256M | Linux Native |
: We are using a SCSI hard disk hence the first two letters of the
device are sd.
