install-guide/en_US entities.xml, 1.5, 1.6 fedora-install-guide-acknowledgements.xml, 1.1, 1.2 fedora-install-guide-diskpartitioning.xml, 1.1, 1.2
Stuart Ellis (elliss)
fedora-docs-commits at redhat.com
Sun Apr 30 21:21:06 UTC 2006
Author: elliss
Update of /cvs/docs/install-guide/en_US
In directory cvs-int.fedora.redhat.com:/tmp/cvs-serv26571/en_US
Modified Files:
entities.xml fedora-install-guide-acknowledgements.xml
fedora-install-guide-diskpartitioning.xml
Log Message:
- Amended text to clarify LVM, based on the changes proposed in bug 170728, comment 12.
Index: entities.xml
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RCS file: /cvs/docs/install-guide/en_US/entities.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.5
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diff -u -r1.5 -r1.6
--- entities.xml 30 Apr 2006 18:28:28 -0000 1.5
+++ entities.xml 30 Apr 2006 21:21:03 -0000 1.6
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
</entity>
<entity name="DOCVERSION">
<comment>Document version</comment>
- <text>1.30</text>
+ <text>1.31</text>
</entity>
<entity name="DOCDATE">
<comment>Document date</comment>
Index: fedora-install-guide-acknowledgements.xml
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RCS file: /cvs/docs/install-guide/en_US/fedora-install-guide-acknowledgements.xml,v
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diff -u -r1.1 -r1.2
--- fedora-install-guide-acknowledgements.xml 17 Mar 2006 19:40:20 -0000 1.1
+++ fedora-install-guide-acknowledgements.xml 30 Apr 2006 21:21:03 -0000 1.2
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
<para>
Many useful comments and suggestions were provided by Rahul Sundaram
and the Anaconda team. David Neimi and Debra Deutsch contributed
- additional information on boot loader and RAID configurations.
+ additional information on boot loader and RAID configurations. The sections on LVM benefited from the contributions of Bob McKay.
</para>
</chapter>
Index: fedora-install-guide-diskpartitioning.xml
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RCS file: /cvs/docs/install-guide/en_US/fedora-install-guide-diskpartitioning.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.1
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diff -u -r1.1 -r1.2
--- fedora-install-guide-diskpartitioning.xml 17 Mar 2006 19:40:20 -0000 1.1
+++ fedora-install-guide-diskpartitioning.xml 30 Apr 2006 21:21:03 -0000 1.2
@@ -169,17 +169,39 @@
<para>
Many systems have more partitions than the minimum listed above.
- Choose partitions based on your particular system needs. If you
- are not sure how best to configure the partitions for your
+ Choose partitions based on your particular system needs. For
+ example, consider creating a separate <filename>/home</filename>
+ partition on systems that store user data, for the reasons
+ explained in <xref linkend="sn-partitioning-home"/>.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ If you are not sure how best to configure the partitions for your
computer, accept the default partition layout.
</para>
<para>
- Data partitions have a
+ The RAM installed in your computer provides a pool of memory for
+ running systems. Linux systems use
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary>swap partitions</primary>
+ </indexterm>
+ <firstterm>swap</firstterm> partitions to expand this pool, by
+ automatically moving portions of memory between RAM and swap
+ partitions if insufficient RAM is available. In addition, certain
+ power management features store all of the memory for a suspended
+ system in the available swap partitions. If you manually specify
+ the partitions on your system, create one swap partition that has
+ more capacity than the computer RAM.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Data partitions provide storage for files. Each data partition has
+ a
<indexterm>
<primary>mount point</primary>
</indexterm>
- <firstterm>mount point</firstterm>. The mount point indicates the
+ <firstterm>mount point</firstterm>, to indicate the system
directory whose contents reside on that partition. A partition
with no mount point is not accessible by users. Data not located
on any other partition resides in the <filename>/</filename> (or
@@ -325,13 +347,24 @@
<secondary>logical volume</secondary>
</indexterm>
<firstterm>logical volumes</firstterm>. The logical volumes
- function much like standard data partitions. They have a file
- system type, such as
+ function much like standard partitions. They have a file system
+ type, such as
<systemitem
class="filesystem">ext3</systemitem>, and a mount
point.
</para>
+ <note>
+ <title>The <filename>/boot</filename> Partition and LVM</title>
+
+ <para>
+ Only an active Linux system may read or write to LVM volumes.
+ For this reason, the <filename>/boot</filename> partition that
+ initializes your system must be held outside of the LVM
+ physical volumes.
+ </para>
+ </note>
+
<para>
An administrator may grow or shrink logical volumes without
destroying data, unlike standard disk partitions. If the
@@ -342,18 +375,20 @@
<para>
You may lose data if you shrink a logical volume to a smaller
- capacity than the data on the volume requires. For this reason,
- create logical volumes to meet your current needs, and leave
- excess storage capacity unallocated. You may safely grow logical
- volumes to use unallocated space, as your needs dictate.
+ capacity than the data on the volume requires. To ensure maximum
+ flexibility, create logical volumes to meet your current needs,
+ and leave excess storage capacity unallocated. You may safely
+ grow logical volumes to use unallocated space, as your needs
+ dictate.
</para>
<note>
<title>LVM and the Default Partition Layout</title>
<para>
- By default, the installation process creates partitions within
- LVM volumes.
+ By default, the installation process creates data and swap
+ partitions within LVM volumes, with a separate
+ <filename>/boot</filename> partition.
</para>
</note>
</section>
@@ -364,7 +399,7 @@
<para>
If you expect that you or other users will store data on the
system, create a separate partition for the
- <filename>/home</filename> directory within an LVM volume. With
+ <filename>/home</filename> directory within a volume group. With
a separate <filename>/home</filename> partition, you may upgrade
or reinstall &FC; without erasing user data files. LVM provides
you with the ability to add more storage capacity for the user
@@ -414,6 +449,18 @@
<firstterm>LVM</firstterm> to provide more extensible and reliable
data storage.
</para>
+
+ <note>
+ <title>Modifying the Default LVM Layout</title>
+
+ <para>
+ The default layout pools all of the available storage into a
+ single LVM physical volume, with one LVM logical volume for the
+ system. To make capacity available for additional partitions,
+ <guibutton>Edit</guibutton> the logical volume with the mount
+ point <filename>/</filename>, and reduce it's size as necessary.
+ </para>
+ </note>
<figure id="fig-disk-setup">
<title>Disk Setup Screen</title>
<mediaobject>
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