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::*If you have used your hard disk for previous Linux (Centos) distributions, you should remove them. Click on the distribution, and for each partition, select the partition and click the remove button (minus sign) and confirm deletion.
::*<span style="background-color:yellow">Change the option '''New mount points will use the following partition scheme''' from '''LVM''' to '''<u>Standard Partition</u>''' (you will not be using LVM for your centos1 machine)</span>.
::*Before you proceed with creating partitions, let's see the partitions that we need to create for our host computervirtual machine:<ul><li>Primary Partitions (ext4):<ul><li>'''20GB''' for '''/''' (i.e. "root")</li><li>'''10GB''' for /home</li><li>Swap Partition:<ul><li>'''16GB''' (Note: "swap" must be selected from the drop down menu)</li></ul></li></ul><br>'''NOTE:''' Remember that the sizes are recorded in MB (eg. 30 GB = 30000 MB) and you should multiply GB by a factor of 1024 to get the correct size.<br> (eg. '''20 GB x 1024 = 20480 MB''')<br><br>
<ol><li value="4">We will now create the root (/) partition. '''Click on the add button (plus) sign'''.<br></li>
<li>In the '''Add a New Mount Point''' screen, select '''/''' as the mount-point (either by typing or selecting from drop-down menu), and enter '''20480''' in for partition size and click '''Add Mount Point''' button.</li>
<li>Check that your partition settings are correct (you can ask your instructor or lab monitor to confirm), and then click '''Done''' (possibly '''<u>twice</u>''') in order to proceed<br><br><span style="background-color:yellow">'''NOTE:''' If there is an error message associated with your created partitions, you may need to add a '''/boot/efi''' partition (as a new mount). The capacity should be: 2954MB (i.e. 2,954 MB). Once finished, click '''Done'''.</span><br><br></li>
<li>A Summary of Changes screen will appear to show the partitioning operations that will be created. Click the '''Accept Changes''' and click '''Begin Installation''' in the Installation Summary screen to proceed with the installation.</li>
<li>Start timing your host '''centos1''' virtual machine installation.</li>
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