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msgid ""
msgstr ""
"Project-Id-Version: PACKAGE VERSION\n"
"POT-Creation-Date: 2011-10-28 22:38+0600\n"
"PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n"
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#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(abstract):11
msgid "To be able to install Gentoo, you must create the necessary partitions. This chapter describes how to partition a disk for future usage."
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(version):16
msgid "11"
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(date):17
msgid "2011-10-17"
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(title):20
msgid "Introduction to Block Devices"
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(title):27
msgid "Partitions"
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(p):30
msgid "Although it is theoretically possible to use a full disk to house your Linux system, this is almost never done in practice. Instead, full disk block devices are split up in smaller, more manageable block devices. On <keyval id=\"arch\"/> systems, these are called <e>partitions</e>."
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(p):37
msgid "Partitions are divided in three types: <e>primary</e>, <e>extended</e> and <e>logical</e>."
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(p):42
msgid "A <e>primary</e> partition is a partition which has its information stored in the MBR (master boot record). As an MBR is very small (512 bytes) only four primary partitions can be defined (for instance, <path>/dev/sda1</path> to <path>/dev/sda4</path>)."
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(p):49
msgid "An <e>extended</e> partition is a special primary partition (meaning the extended partition must be one of the four possible primary partitions) which contains more partitions. Such a partition didn't exist originally, but as four partitions were too few, it was brought to life to extend the formatting scheme without losing backward compatibility."
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(p):57
msgid "A <e>logical</e> partition is a partition inside the extended partition. Their definitions aren't placed inside the MBR, but are declared inside the extended partition."
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(title):66
msgid "Advanced Storage"
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(p):69
msgid "The <keyval id=\"arch\"/> Installation CDs provide support for LVM2. LVM2 increases the flexibility offered by your partitioning setup. During the installation instructions, we will focus on \"regular\" partitions, but it is still good to know LVM2 is supported as well."
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(title):80
msgid "Designing a Partitioning Scheme"
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(title):82
msgid "Default Partitioning Scheme"
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(p):85
msgid "If you are not interested in drawing up a partitioning scheme for your system, you can use the partitioning scheme we use throughout this book:"
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(th):92 ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(th):236 ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(th):506
msgid "Partition"
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(th):93 ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(th):716
msgid "Filesystem"
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(th):94
msgid "Size"
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(th):95 ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(th):237 ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(th):507
msgid "Description"
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(ti):99 ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(ti):720
msgid "ext2"
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(ti):100
msgid "32M"
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(ti):101 ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(ti):241 ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(ti):511
msgid "Boot partition"
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(ti):105
msgid "(swap)"
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(ti):106
msgid "512M"
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(ti):107 ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(ti):245 ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(ti):515
msgid "Swap partition"
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(ti):111 ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(ti):724
msgid "ext3"
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(ti):112
msgid "Rest of the disk"
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(ti):113 ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(ti):249 ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(ti):519
msgid "Root partition"
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(p):117
msgid "If you are interested in knowing how big a partition should be, or even how many partitions you need, read on. Otherwise continue now with partitioning your disk by reading <uri link=\"#fdisk\">Using fdisk to Partition your Disk</uri> or <uri link=\"#parted\">Using parted to Partition your Disk</uri> (both are partitioning tools, <c>fdisk</c> is well known and stable, <c>parted</c> is a bit more recent but supports partitions larger than 2TB)."
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(title):130
msgid "How Many and How Big?"
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(p):133
msgid "The number of partitions is highly dependent on your environment. For instance, if you have lots of users, you will most likely want to have your <path>/home</path> separate as it increases security and makes backups easier. If you are installing Gentoo to perform as a mailserver, your <path>/var</path> should be separate as all mails are stored inside <path>/var</path>. A good choice of filesystem will then maximise your performance. Gameservers will have a separate <path>/opt</path> as most gaming servers are installed there. The reason is similar for <path>/home</path>: security and backups. You will definitely want to keep <path>/usr</path> big: not only will it contain the majority of applications, the Portage tree alone takes around 500 Mbyte excluding the various sources that are stored in it."
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(p):147
msgid "As you can see, it very much depends on what you want to achieve. Separate partitions or volumes have the following advantages:"
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(li):153
msgid "You can choose the best performing filesystem for each partition or volume"
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(li):156
msgid "Your entire system cannot run out of free space if one defunct tool is continuously writing files to a partition or volume"
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(li):160
msgid "If necessary, file system checks are reduced in time, as multiple checks can be done in parallel (although this advantage is more with multiple disks than it is with multiple partitions)"
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(li):165
msgid "Security can be enhanced by mounting some partitions or volumes read-only, nosuid (setuid bits are ignored), noexec (executable bits are ignored) etc."
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(p):171
msgid "However, multiple partitions have disadvantages as well. If not configured properly, you will have a system with lots of free space on one partition and none on another. Another nuisance is that separate partitions - especially for important mountpoints like <path>/usr</path> or <path>/var</path> - often require the administrator to boot with an initramfs to mount the partition before other boot scripts start. This isn't always the case though, so YMMV."
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(p):180
msgid "There is also a 15-partition limit for SCSI and SATA unless you use GPT labels."
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(p):185
msgid "As an example partitioning, we show you one for a 20GB disk, used as a demonstration laptop (containing webserver, mailserver, gnome, ...):"
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(pre:caption):190
msgid "Filesystem usage example"
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(pre):190
#, no-wrap
msgid "\n$ <i>df -h</i>\nFilesystem    Type    Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on\n/dev/sda5     ext3    509M  132M  351M  28% /\n/dev/sda2     ext3    5.0G  3.0G  1.8G  63% /home\n/dev/sda7     ext3    7.9G  6.2G  1.3G  83% /usr\n/dev/sda8     ext3   1011M  483M  477M  51% /opt\n/dev/sda9     ext3    2.0G  607M  1.3G  32% /var\n/dev/sda1     ext2     51M   17M   31M  36% /boot\n/dev/sda6     swap    516M   12M  504M   2% &lt;not mounted&gt;\n<comment>(Unpartitioned space for future usage: 2 GB)</comment>\n"
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(p):203
msgid "<path>/usr</path> is rather full (83% used) here, but once all software is installed, <path>/usr</path> doesn't tend to grow that much. Although allocating a few gigabytes of disk space for <path>/var</path> may seem excessive, remember that Portage uses this partition by default for compiling packages. If you want to keep <path>/var</path> at a more reasonable size, such as 1GB, you will need to alter your <c>PORTAGE_TMPDIR</c> variable in <path>/etc/make.conf</path> to point to the partition with enough free space for compiling extremely large packages such as OpenOffice."
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(title):218
msgid "Using fdisk to Partition your Disk"
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(impo):222
msgid "If your environment will deal with partitions larger than 2 TB, please use the <uri link=\"#parted\">Using parted to Partition your Disk</uri> instructions instead. <c>fdisk</c> is not able to deal with larger partitions."
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(p):229
msgid "The following parts explain how to create the example partition layout using <c>fdisk</c>. The example partition layout was mentioned earlier:"
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(p):253 ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(p):523
msgid "Change your partition layout according to your own preference."
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(title):260 ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(title):530
msgid "Viewing the Current Partition Layout"
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(p):263
msgid "<c>fdisk</c> is a popular and powerful tool to split your disk into partitions. Fire up <c>fdisk</c> on your disk (in our example, we use <path>/dev/sda</path>):"
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(pre:caption):269
msgid "Starting fdisk"
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(pre):269
#, no-wrap
msgid "\n# <i>fdisk /dev/sda</i>\n"
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(p):273
msgid "Once in <c>fdisk</c>, you'll be greeted with a prompt that looks like this:"
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(pre:caption):277
msgid "fdisk prompt"
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(pre):277
#, no-wrap
msgid "\nCommand (m for help): \n"
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(p):281
msgid "Type <c>p</c> to display your disk's current partition configuration:"
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(pre:caption):285
msgid "An example partition configuration"
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(pre):285
#, no-wrap
msgid "\nCommand (m for help): <i>p</i>\n\nDisk /dev/sda: 240 heads, 63 sectors, 2184 cylinders\nUnits = cylinders of 15120 * 512 bytes\n\n   Device Boot    Start       End    Blocks   Id  System\n/dev/sda1   *         1        14    105808+  83  Linux\n/dev/sda2            15        49    264600   82  Linux swap\n/dev/sda3            50        70    158760   83  Linux\n/dev/sda4            71      2184  15981840    5  Extended\n/dev/sda5            71       209   1050808+  83  Linux\n/dev/sda6           210       348   1050808+  83  Linux\n/dev/sda7           349       626   2101648+  83  Linux\n/dev/sda8           627       904   2101648+  83  Linux\n/dev/sda9           905      2184   9676768+  83  Linux\n\nCommand (m for help): \n"
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(p):305
msgid "This particular disk is configured to house seven Linux filesystems (each with a corresponding partition listed as \"Linux\") as well as a swap partition (listed as \"Linux swap\")."
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(title):314 ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(title):592
msgid "Removing all Partitions"
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(p):317
msgid "We will first remove all existing partitions from the disk. Type <c>d</c> to delete a partition. For instance, to delete an existing <path>/dev/sda1</path>:"
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(pre:caption):322
msgid "Deleting a partition"
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(pre):322
#, no-wrap
msgid "\nCommand (m for help): <i>d</i>\nPartition number (1-4): <i>1</i>\n"
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(p):327
msgid "The partition has been scheduled for deletion. It will no longer show up if you type <c>p</c>, but it will not be erased until your changes have been saved. If you made a mistake and want to abort without saving your changes, type <c>q</c> immediately and hit enter and your partition will not be deleted."
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(p):334
msgid "Now, assuming that you do indeed want to wipe out all the partitions on your system, repeatedly type <c>p</c> to print out a partition listing and then type <c>d</c> and the number of the partition to delete it. Eventually, you'll end up with a partition table with nothing in it:"
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(pre:caption):341
msgid "An empty partition table"
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(pre):341
#, no-wrap
msgid "\nDisk /dev/sda: 30.0 GB, 30005821440 bytes\n240 heads, 63 sectors/track, 3876 cylinders\nUnits = cylinders of 15120 * 512 = 7741440 bytes\n\nDevice Boot    Start       End    Blocks   Id  System\n\nCommand (m for help):\n"
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(p):351
msgid "Now that the in-memory partition table is empty, we're ready to create the partitions. We will use a default partitioning scheme as discussed previously. Of course, don't follow these instructions to the letter if you don't want the same partitioning scheme!"
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(title):361
msgid "Creating the Boot Partition"
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(p):364
msgid "We first create a small boot partition. Type <c>n</c> to create a new partition, then <c>p</c> to select a primary partition, followed by <c>1</c> to select the first primary partition. When prompted for the first cylinder, hit enter. When prompted for the last cylinder, type <c>+32M</c> to create a partition 32 Mbyte in size and set its bootable flag:"
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(pre:caption):372
msgid "Creating the boot partition"
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(pre):372
#, no-wrap
msgid "\nCommand (m for help): <i>n</i>\nCommand action\n  e   extended\n  p   primary partition (1-4)\n<i>p</i>\nPartition number (1-4): <i>1</i>\nFirst cylinder (1-3876, default 1): <comment>(Hit Enter)</comment>\nUsing default value 1\nLast cylinder or +size or +sizeM or +sizeK (1-3876, default 3876): <i>+32M</i>\n"
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(p):384
msgid "Now, when you type <c>p</c>, you should see the following partition printout:"
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(pre:caption):388
msgid "Created boot partition"
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(pre):388
#, no-wrap
msgid "\nCommand (m for help): <i>p</i>\n\nDisk /dev/sda: 30.0 GB, 30005821440 bytes\n240 heads, 63 sectors/track, 3876 cylinders\nUnits = cylinders of 15120 * 512 = 7741440 bytes\n\n   Device Boot    Start       End    Blocks   Id  System\n/dev/sda1             1        14    105808+  83  Linux\n"
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(p):399
msgid "We need to make this partition bootable. Type <c>a</c> to toggle the bootable flag on a partition and select <c>1</c>. If you press <c>p</c> again, you will notice that an <path>*</path> is placed in the \"Boot\" column."
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(title):408
msgid "Creating the Swap Partition"
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(p):411
msgid "Let's now create the swap partition. To do this, type <c>n</c> to create a new partition, then <c>p</c> to tell fdisk that you want a primary partition. Then type <c>2</c> to create the second primary partition, <path>/dev/sda2</path> in our case. When prompted for the first cylinder, hit enter. When prompted for the last cylinder, type <c>+512M</c> to create a partition 512MB in size. After you've done this, type <c>t</c> to set the partition type, <c>2</c> to select the partition you just created and then type in <c>82</c> to set the partition type to \"Linux Swap\". After completing these steps, typing <c>p</c> should display a partition table that looks similar to this:"
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(pre:caption):423
msgid "Partition listing after creating a swap partition"
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(pre):423
#, no-wrap
msgid "\nCommand (m for help): <i>p</i>\n\nDisk /dev/sda: 30.0 GB, 30005821440 bytes\n240 heads, 63 sectors/track, 3876 cylinders\nUnits = cylinders of 15120 * 512 = 7741440 bytes\n\n   Device Boot    Start       End    Blocks   Id  System\n/dev/sda1   *         1        14    105808+  83  Linux\n/dev/sda2            15        81    506520   82  Linux swap\n"
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(title):438
msgid "Creating the Root Partition"
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(p):441
msgid "Finally, let's create the root partition. To do this, type <c>n</c> to create a new partition, then <c>p</c> to tell fdisk that you want a primary partition. Then type <c>3</c> to create the third primary partition, <path>/dev/sda3</path> in our case. When prompted for the first cylinder, hit enter. When prompted for the last cylinder, hit enter to create a partition that takes up the rest of the remaining space on your disk. After completing these steps, typing <c>p</c> should display a partition table that looks similar to this:"
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(pre:caption):451
msgid "Partition listing after creating the root partition"
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(pre):451
#, no-wrap
msgid "\nCommand (m for help): <i>p</i>\n\nDisk /dev/sda: 30.0 GB, 30005821440 bytes\n240 heads, 63 sectors/track, 3876 cylinders\nUnits = cylinders of 15120 * 512 = 7741440 bytes\n\n   Device Boot    Start       End    Blocks   Id  System\n/dev/sda1   *         1        14    105808+  83  Linux\n/dev/sda2            15        81    506520   82  Linux swap\n/dev/sda3            82      3876  28690200   83  Linux\n"
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(title):467
msgid "Saving the Partition Layout"
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(p):470
msgid "To save the partition layout and exit <c>fdisk</c>, type <c>w</c>."
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(pre:caption):474
msgid "Save and exit fdisk"
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(pre):474
#, no-wrap
msgid "\nCommand (m for help): <i>w</i>\n"
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(p):478
msgid "Now that your partitions are created, you can continue with <uri link=\"#filesystems\">Creating Filesystems</uri>."
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(title):487
msgid "Using parted to Partition your Disk"
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(p):491
msgid "In this chapter, we guide you through the creation of the example partition layout mentioned earlier in the instructions. Unlike the previous chapter, we describe the method using the <c>parted</c> application instead. Both <c>parted</c> and <c>fdisk</c> offer the same functions, so if you partitioned your system using <c>fdisk</c> already, you can skip this section and continue with <uri link=\"#filesystems\">Creating Filesystems</uri>."
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(p):500
msgid "The example partition layout we use is shown in the next table:"
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(p):533
msgid "The <c>parted</c> application is a somewhat more modern variant of <c>fdisk</c>. It offers a simpler interface for partitioning your disks and supports very large partitions (more than 2 TB). Fire up <c>parted</c> on your disk (in our example, we use <path>/dev/sda</path>):"
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(pre:caption):540
msgid "Starting parted"
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(pre):540
#, no-wrap
msgid "\n# <i>parted /dev/sda</i>\nGNU Parted 2.3\nUsing /dev/vda\nWelcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands.\n"
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(p):547
msgid "To find out about all options supported by <c>parted</c>, type <c>help</c> and press return. For now, we just continue by asking <c>parted</c> to show the partitions currently in use on the selected disk. The <c>print</c> command can be used for that."
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(pre:caption):554
msgid "An example partition configuration shown by parted"
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(pre):554
#, no-wrap
msgid "\n(parted) <i>print</i>\nModel: SCSI Block Device\nDisk /dev/sda: 21.5GB\nSector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B\nPartition Table: msdos\n\nNumber  Start   End     Size    Type     File system     Flags\n 1      512B    2148MB  2148MB  primary  ext4\n 2      2148MB  3222MB  1074MB  primary  linux-swap(v1)\n 3      3222MB  21.5GB  18.3GB  primary                  lvm\n"
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(title):570
msgid "Optional: Setting the GPT Label"
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(p):573
msgid "Most disks on x86/amd64 are prepared using an <e>msdos</e> label. However, if you plan on creating huge partitions (2 TB and more), you must use a <e>gpt</e> label (the <e>GUID Partition Type</e>) for your disk. Using <c>parted</c>, this can be accomplished with <c>mklabel gpt</c>:"
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(warn):580
msgid "Changing the partition type will remove all partitions from your disk. All data on the disk will be lost."
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(pre:caption):585
msgid "Setting the GPT label"
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(pre):585
#, no-wrap
msgid "\n(parted) <i>mklabel gpt</i>\n"
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(p):595
msgid "If this isn't done yet (for instance through the <c>mklabel</c> operation earlier, or because the disk is a freshly formatted one), we will first remove all existing partitions from the disk. Type <c>rm &lt;number&gt;</c> where &lt;number&gt; is the partition you want to remove."
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(pre:caption):602
msgid "Removing a partition from the disk"
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(pre):602
#, no-wrap
msgid "\n(parted) <i>rm 2</i>\n"
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(p):606
msgid "Do the same for all other partitions that you don't need. However, make sure you do not make any mistakes here - <c>parted</c> executes the changes immediate (unlike <c>fdisk</c> which stages them, allowing a user to \"undo\" his changes before saving or exiting <c>fdisk</c>)."
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(title):616
msgid "Creating the Partitions"
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(p):619
msgid "Now let's create the partitions we mentioned earlier. Creating partitions with <c>parted</c> isn't very difficult - all we need to do is inform <c>parted</c> about the following settings:"
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(li):626
msgid "The <e>partition type</e> to use. This usually is <e>primary</e> in case you are not going to have more than 4 partitions (with the <e>msdos</e> partition label). Otherwise, you will need to make your fourth partition an <e>extended</e> one which hosts the rest of the disk, and create <e>logical</e> partitions inside it. If you use a <e>gpt</e>-labeled partition, then there is no limit on the number of primary partitions."
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(li):634
msgid "The <e>file system type</e> to use. The <c>parted</c> application supports most common file systems and knows which kind of partition ID it needs to use for these partitions. This does <e>not</e> mean that <c>parted</c> will create a file system on the partition (you can with the <c>mkpartfs</c> command, but we'll use the regular <c>mkfs.*</c> commands later for this purpose). The partition ID is often used by auto-detection tools to know what to do with a particular partition."
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(li):643
msgid "The start location of a partition (which can be expressed in MB or GB)"
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(li):646
msgid "The end location of the partition (which can be expressed in MB or GB)"
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(p):651
msgid "One advantage of <c>parted</c> is that you can easily just use the partition sizes to automatically find the correct start and end location as you will see in the next example."
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(pre:caption):657
msgid "Creating the partitions"
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(pre):657
#, no-wrap
msgid "\n<comment># Create a 32 mbyte /boot partition</comment>\n(parted) <i>mkpart primary ext2 0 32mb</i>\nWarning: The resulting partition is not properly aligned for best performance.\nIgnore/Cancel? <i>i</i>\n\n<comment># Create a 512 mbyte swap partition</comment>\n(parted) <i>mkpart primary linux-swap 32mb 542mb</i>\n\n<comment># Create a partition that spans the remaining disk.\n# -1s (minus one s) means the end of the disk</comment>\n(parted) <i>mkpart primary ext4 542mb -1s</i>\nWarning: You requested a partition from 542MB to 21.5GB.\nThe closest location we can manage is 542MB to 21.5GB.\nIs this still acceptable to you?\nYes/No? <i>y</i>\n"
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(p):675
msgid "You can now <c>print</c> the partition layout again to validate if everything is as expected. When you are satisfied, use the <c>quit</c> command to exit <c>parted</c>."
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(title):685
msgid "Creating Filesystems"
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(title):687
msgid "Introduction"
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(p):690
msgid "Now that your partitions are created, it is time to place a filesystem on them. If you don't care about what filesystem to choose and are happy with what we use as default in this handbook, continue with <uri link=\"#filesystems-apply\">Applying a Filesystem to a Partition</uri>. Otherwise read on to learn about the available filesystems..."
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(title):706
msgid "Applying a Filesystem to a Partition"
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(p):709
msgid "To create a filesystem on a partition or volume, there are tools available for each possible filesystem:"
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(th):717
msgid "Creation Command"
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(ti):728
msgid "ext4"
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(ti):732
msgid "reiserfs"
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(ti):736
msgid "xfs"
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(ti):740
msgid "jfs"
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(p):745
msgid "For instance, to have the boot partition (<path>/dev/sda1</path> in our example) in ext2 and the root partition (<path>/dev/sda3</path> in our example) in ext3 (as in our example), you would use:"
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(pre:caption):751
msgid "Applying a filesystem on a partition"
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(pre):751
#, no-wrap
msgid "\n# <i>mkfs.ext2 /dev/sda1</i>\n# <i>mkfs.ext3 /dev/sda3</i>\n"
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(p):756
msgid "Now create the filesystems on your newly created partitions (or logical volumes)."
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(title):764
msgid "Activating the Swap Partition"
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(p):767
msgid "<c>mkswap</c> is the command that is used to initialize swap partitions:"
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(pre:caption):771
msgid "Creating a Swap signature"
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(pre):771
#, no-wrap
msgid "\n# <i>mkswap /dev/sda2</i>\n"
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(p):775
msgid "To activate the swap partition, use <c>swapon</c>:"
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(pre:caption):779
msgid "Activating the swap partition"
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(pre):779
#, no-wrap
msgid "\n# <i>swapon /dev/sda2</i>\n"
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(p):783
msgid "Create and activate the swap with the commands mentioned above."
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(title):791
msgid "Mounting"
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(p):794
msgid "Now that your partitions are initialized and are housing a filesystem, it is time to mount those partitions. Use the <c>mount</c> command. Don't forget to create the necessary mount directories for every partition you created. As an example we mount the root and boot partition:"
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(pre:caption):801
msgid "Mounting partitions"
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(pre):801
#, no-wrap
msgid "\n# <i>mount /dev/sda3 /mnt/gentoo</i>\n# <i>mkdir /mnt/gentoo/boot</i>\n# <i>mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/gentoo/boot</i>\n"
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(note):807
msgid "If you want your <path>/tmp</path> to reside on a separate partition, be sure to change its permissions after mounting: <c>chmod 1777 /mnt/gentoo/tmp</c>. This also holds for <path>/var/tmp</path>."
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(p):813
msgid "We will also have to mount the proc filesystem (a virtual interface with the kernel) on <path>/proc</path>. But first we will need to place our files on the partitions."
msgstr ""

#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(p):818
msgid "Continue with <uri link=\"?part=1&amp;chap=5\">Installing the Gentoo Installation Files</uri>."
msgstr ""

#. Place here names of translator, one per line. Format should be NAME; ROLE; E-MAIL
#: ../../gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook//hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml(None):0
msgid "translator-credits"
msgstr ""