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<sect1 id="partition-programs">
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<title>Debian Partitioning Programs</title>
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Several varieties of partitioning programs have been adapted by Debian
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developers to work on various types of hard disks and computer
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architectures. Following is a list of the program(s) applicable for
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<term><command>partman</command></term>
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Recommended partitioning tool in Debian. This swiss army knife can
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also resize partitions, create filesystems
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<phrase arch="i386"> (<quote>format</quote> in Windows speak)</phrase>
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and assign them to the mountpoints.
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<varlistentry condition="fdisk.txt">
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<term><command>fdisk</command></term>
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The original Linux disk partitioner, good for gurus.
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Be careful if you have existing FreeBSD partitions on your machine.
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The installation kernels include support for these partitions, but the
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way that <command>fdisk</command> represents them (or not) can make the
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device names differ. See the
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<ulink url="&url-linux-freebsd;">Linux+FreeBSD HOWTO</ulink>
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<varlistentry condition="cfdisk.txt">
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<term><command>cfdisk</command></term>
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A simple-to-use, full-screen disk partitioner for the rest of us.
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Note that <command>cfdisk</command> doesn't understand FreeBSD
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partitions at all, and, again, device names may differ as a result.
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<varlistentry condition="atari-fdisk.txt">
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<term><command>atari-fdisk</command></term>
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Atari-aware version of <command>fdisk</command>.
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<varlistentry condition="amiga-fdisk.txt">
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<term><command>amiga-fdisk</command></term>
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Amiga-aware version of <command>fdisk</command>.
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<varlistentry condition="mac-fdisk.txt">
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<term><command>mac-fdisk</command></term>
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Mac-aware version of <command>fdisk</command>.
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<varlistentry condition="pmac-fdisk.txt">
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<term><command>pmac-fdisk</command></term>
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PowerMac-aware version of <command>fdisk</command>, also used by BVM
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and Motorola VMEbus systems.
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<varlistentry condition="fdasd.txt">
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<term><command>fdasd</command></term>
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&arch-title; version of <command>fdisk</command>; Please read the
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fdasd manual page or chapter 13 in
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<ulink url="http://oss.software.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/linux390/docu/l390dd08.pdf">
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Device Drivers and Installation Commands</ulink> for details.
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One of these programs will be run by default when you select
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<guimenuitem>Partition a Hard Disk</guimenuitem>. If the one which is run
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by default isn't the one you want, quit the partitioner, go to the shell
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(<userinput>tty2</userinput>) by pressing <keycap>Alt</keycap>
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and <keycap>F2</keycap> keys together, and manually type in the
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name of the program you want to use (and arguments, if any). Then
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skip the <guimenuitem>Partition a Hard Disk</guimenuitem> step in
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<command>debian-installer</command> and continue to the next step.
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If you will be working with more than 20 partitions on your ide disk,
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you will need to create devices for partitions 21 and beyond. The next
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step of initializing the partition will fail unless a proper device is
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present. As an example, here are commands you can use in
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<userinput>tty2</userinput> or under Execute A Shell to add a device
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so the 21st partition can be initialized:
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<informalexample><screen>
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</screen></informalexample>
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Booting into the new system will fail unless proper devices are present
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on the target system. After installing the kernel and modules, execute:
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<informalexample><screen>
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</screen></informalexample>
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<phrase arch="i386">Remember to mark your boot partition as
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<quote>Bootable</quote>.</phrase>
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</para><para condition="mac-fdisk.txt">
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One key point when partitioning for Mac type disks is that the
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swap partition is identified by its name; it must be named <quote>swap</quote>.
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All Mac linux partitions are the same partition type,
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Apple_UNIX_SRV2. Please read the fine manual. We also suggest reading the
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<ulink url="&url-mac-fdisk-tutorial;">mac-fdisk Tutorial</ulink>, which
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includes steps you should take if you are sharing your disk with MacOS.
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&partition-alpha.xml;
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&partition-powerpc.xml;
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&partition-sparc.xml;