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Figure 78 Installing the OS
13. To manually partition the disk:
a. Click Partitioning, on the Preparing Hard Disk page select a partitioning method, and
then click Next.
If you select 1.IDE Disk, the system will automatically partition the disk based on the size of
the disk. If you select Custom Partitioning, you can manually partition the disk as needed.
This example selects Custom Partitioning.
Figure 79 Preparing hard disk
b. From the left navigation tree, select Hard Disks > sda.
The following partitions must be added:
− swap—Switching partition to implement virtual memory. As a best practice, set its size
to one or twice of the physical memory.
− /boot/efi—System boot file partition. It must be in the efi partition or fat format. As a best
practice, set the size to 100 MB to 200 MB.
− /—Root partition to save system software and files.