![]() ![]() While this is technically not really necessary yet because four partitions are allowed on a simple MBR disk, it is a good idea because if it isn't done this way, you couldn't add any more partitions later without a lot of trouble. If you look carefully at the partition list below the graph of the disk layout, you can see that it created an Extended partition (/dev/sda3) and then put the root and swap partitions inside of that. Good.The not-so-obvious thing is that the Mint installer didn't just create the two new partitions for root and swap. The obvious thing is what we saw in the final screen of the installer, that there is now a Linux swap partition - but now we can see how large it is, 4GB. Ok, there is one obvious thing and one not-so-obvious thing in this display. I boot Mint, login, and run gparted to see what the disk really looks like now. If you choose this option the installer changes to a more detailed partition management screen, and you can do pretty much anything you want. ![]() Manual Partitioning: This is the option for those who know what they are doing and how they want to allocate the disk space.As with the first option, the installer will automatically allocate the new partitions Get rid of the Windows rubbish that is cluttering the disk and start over from scratch. Erase disk: This is the best option, of course.This could be the case, for example, if you have a new computer with a C: and a D: drive, and you know that D: hasn't been used for anything. Replace a partition: This one is conceptually very easy, if you know that there is an existing partition that is not being used, you can just say "put Linux here".Install Linux alongside the existing Windows installation: The installer will automatically make the necessary changes and ask you for approval.The task here is to change the partitioning of this drive so that Linux can be installed. This would be very typical on a new PC that is preloaded with Windows 7. ![]()
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