Volume management

If there are no special requirements it is always better to use automatic partitioning for all available or only unallocated space.

In order to avoid the unintended data loss, it is recommended to remove USB flash drives and portable hard drives not used during installation before the changes are applied.

Manual partitioning

This method should be used by advanced Linux users. In any case it is advised to backup all valuable data in the event of any error or failure.

Allocation of at least three partitions is recommended:

For primary partitions it is recommended to use ext3 file system.

ATTENTION! When creating an encrypted file system do not mount the /usr directory from a separate partition.

File system types

Linux OS supports several file systems. Each one has its own advantages and disadvantages.

FAT/FAT32/NTFS file systems are supported when the system is already installed, but cannot be used for installation of Linux OS.

LVM/RAID

In order to use these options, it is necessary to create the partition of an appropriate type, and then select the required option.