install-guide fedora-install-guide-diskpartitioning-en.xml,1.5,1.6
Paul W. Frields (pfrields)
fedora-docs-commits at redhat.com
Fri May 13 22:03:34 UTC 2005
Author: pfrields
Update of /cvs/docs/install-guide
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fedora-install-guide-diskpartitioning-en.xml
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Style editing and additional indexing of Disk Partitioning chapter
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RCS file: /cvs/docs/install-guide/fedora-install-guide-diskpartitioning-en.xml,v
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retrieving revision 1.6
diff -u -r1.5 -r1.6
--- fedora-install-guide-diskpartitioning-en.xml 12 May 2005 23:55:57 -0000 1.5
+++ fedora-install-guide-diskpartitioning-en.xml 13 May 2005 22:03:32 -0000 1.6
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@
<filename>/usr</filename> partition.
</para>
<para>
- When you create many partitions instead of one large
+ If you create many partitions instead of one large
<filename>/</filename> partition, upgrades become easier. Refer
to the description of <application>Disk Druid's</application>
<link linkend="disk-druid-edit">Edit option</link> for more
@@ -241,8 +241,12 @@
</indexterm> is an interactive program for editing disk
partitions. Users run it only within the &FC; installation
system. Disk Druid supports advanced technologies such as
- <firstterm>RAID</firstterm> and <firstterm>LVM</firstterm>, which
- provide more extensible and reliable data storage.
+ <firstterm>RAID</firstterm> <indexterm>
+ <primary>RAID</primary>
+ </indexterm> and <firstterm>LVM</firstterm>, <indexterm>
+ <primary>LVM</primary>
+ </indexterm> which provide more extensible and reliable data
+ storage.
</para>
<para>
<application>Disk Druid</application> displays the following
@@ -253,12 +257,14 @@
<term><guilabel>New</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>
- Select this option to add a partition or LVM physical volume
- to the disk. In the <guilabel>Add partition</guilabel>
- dialog, choose a mount point and a partition type. If you
- have more than one disk on the system, choose which disks
- the partition may inhabit. Indicate a size in megabytes for
- the partition.
+ Select this option to add a partition <indexterm>
+ <primary>partition</primary>
+ <secondary>adding</secondary>
+ </indexterm> or LVM physical volume to the disk. In the
+ <guilabel>Add partition</guilabel> dialog, choose a mount
+ point and a partition type. If you have more than one disk
+ on the system, choose which disks the partition may inhabit.
+ Indicate a size in megabytes for the partition.
</para>
<note>
<title>Some Partitions Not Allowed</title>
@@ -340,10 +346,14 @@
<term><guilabel>Edit</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>
- Select this option to edit an existing partition, LVM volume
- group, or a LVM physical volume that is not yet part of a
- volume group. If you need to change the size of a LVM
- physical volume partition, remove it from any volume groups.
+ Select this option to edit an existing partition,
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary>partition</primary>
+ <secondary>editing</secondary>
+ </indexterm> LVM volume group, or a LVM physical volume that
+ is not yet part of a volume group. To change the size of a
+ LVM physical volume partition, first remove it from any
+ volume groups.
</para>
<warning>
<title>Removing LVM Physical Volumes</title>
@@ -359,19 +369,19 @@
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
- correct a mistake in setting up your partitions;
+ correct a mistake in setting up your partitions
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
migrate Linux partitions if you are upgrading or
- reinstalling &FC;; or
+ reinstalling &FC;
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
provide a mount point for non-Linux partitions such as
- those used on some Windows operating systems.
+ those used on some Windows operating systems
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
@@ -399,11 +409,12 @@
</para>
</note>
<para>
- If you need to make sweeping changes to your partition
- configuration, consider starting over. If your disk
- contains data that you need to keep, back it up before you
- edit any partitions. If you edit the size of a partition,
- you may lose all data on it.
+ If you need to make <emphasis>drastic</emphasis> changes to
+ your partition configuration, you may want to delete
+ partitions and start over. If your disk contains data that
+ you need to keep, back it up before you edit any partitions.
+ If you edit the size of a partition, you may lose all data
+ on it.
</para>
<para>
If your system contains many separate partitions for system
@@ -423,9 +434,12 @@
<term><guilabel>Delete</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>
- Select a partition and then this option to erase an existing
- partition or LVM physical volume. To delete a LVM physical
- volume, you must first delete any volume groups of which
+ Select this option to erase an existing partition
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary>partition</primary>
+ <secondary>deleting</secondary>
+ </indexterm> or LVM physical volume. To delete a LVM
+ physical volume, first delete any volume groups of which
that physical volume is a member.
</para>
<para>
@@ -448,8 +462,9 @@
<term><guilabel>RAID</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>
- Select this button to set up software RAID on your &FED;
- system.
+ Select this button to set up software RAID <indexterm>
+ <primary>RAID</primary>
+ </indexterm> on your &FED; system.
</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
@@ -493,22 +508,27 @@
<term><guilabel>LVM</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>
- Select this button to set up LVM on your &FED; system.
- First create at least one partition or software RAID device
- as a LVM physical volume, using the <guilabel>Add</guilabel>
- option in the main <application>Disk Druid</application>
- dialog.
+ Select this button to set up LVM <indexterm>
+ <primary>LVM</primary>
+ </indexterm> on your &FED; system. First create at least one
+ partition or software RAID device as a LVM physical volume,
+ using the <guilabel>Add</guilabel> option in the main
+ <application>Disk Druid</application> dialog.
</para>
<important>
<title>Understanding LVM Components</title>
<para>
- In LVM, one or more physical volumes are combined to form
- a volume group. Each volume group's total storage may be
- apportioned for one or more logical volumes. Logical
- volumes function much like standard data partitions. They
- have a file system type, such as ext3, and a mount point.
- An administrator can grow or shrink logical volumes
- without destroying data, unlike standard disk partitions.
+ In LVM, <indexterm>
+ <primary>LVM</primary>
+ <secondary>understanding</secondary>
+ </indexterm> one or more physical volumes are combined to
+ form a volume group. Each volume group's total storage
+ may be apportioned for one or more logical volumes.
+ Logical volumes function much like standard data
+ partitions. They have a file system type, such as ext3,
+ and a mount point. An administrator can grow or shrink
+ logical volumes without destroying data, unlike standard
+ disk partitions.
</para>
</important>
<para>
@@ -522,9 +542,9 @@
<para>
You may not remove a physical volume from a volume group if
doing so would leave insufficient space for that group's
- logical volumes. Take for example a volume group made up of
- two 5 GB LVM physical volume partitions, which houses an 8
- GB logical volume. The installer would not allow you to
+ logical volumes. Take, for example, a volume group made up
+ of two 5 GB LVM physical volume partitions, which contains an
+ 8 GB logical volume. The installer would not allow you to
remove either of the component physical volumes, since that
would leave only 5 GB in the group for an 8 GB logical
volume. If you reduce the total size of any logical volumes
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