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Defining a New Disk Configuration

CM comes with a number of predefined disk configurations, for legacy installations as well as UEFI:

  • Disk with default UEFI partitions : this configuration erases the complete disk and creates and formats it in the default UEFI format
  • Disk with one partition : this configuration erases the complete disk and creates and formats it in one partition
  • Disk with two partitions : this configuration erases the complete disk and creates two new partitions, the first one with 30 GB and the second the remaining volume
  • Unchanged disk for custom deployment : this disk configuration does not touch your existing disk configuration, it is mainly used for image capture and custom deployment, such as repairing systems
  • Unchanged UEFI disk for custom deployment : this disk configuration does not touch your existing disk configuration, it is mainly used for image capture and custom deployment, such as repairing systems, for UEFI based installations.

If none of these is applicable to your own requirements, you need to define your own disk configuration. You can do so during the wizard, however, it makes the deployment process easier and smoother, if you create and define any necessary disk configurations in advance.

Defining a new disk configuration consists of several steps:

  1. Creating the disk configuration
  2. Creating and defining the disk partitions

For this example we will create a new legacy configuration with three partitions: one for the system (30 GB), one for recovery (5 GB) and one for the user data (remaining GB).

  1. Select OS Deployment > Your OSD Manager > Disk Configuration in the left window pane.
  2. Select Edit > Create Disk Configuration osdhdd_create.png
    The Create a New Disk window appears.
  3. Enter a name for the new configuration into the Name box, for example, Disk configuration with three partitions .
  4. Enter a description into the Description box, for example, Erase existing disk and create three new partitions. System partition: 30 GB, Recovery 5 GB, rest for user data .
  5. Enter the disk size in GB into the Size (GB) box, for example, 60 .
  6. (Optional) Select UEFI (GPT) from the Partition Table list to create a UEFI compatible configuration instead of legacy.
  7. Leave all other values as they are.
  8. Click TestInformationBefore the disk configuration can be created it must be verified that all entered data is correct. Be aware that the disk creation cannot be confirmed until the disk verification succeeded, that is, the status value OK displays.
  9. Click OK to confirm the data for the new disk configuration.
  10. Now select the new disk configuration Disk configuration with three partitions in the left window pane.
  11. Select the Partition Setup tab in the right window pane.
  12. Click Edit > Create Partition osdpartition_create.png.
     The Create a new partition window appears.
  13. Enter a name for the new partition into the Name box, for example, System Partition .
  14. In the Extend box select the value No .
  15. Enter 30 into the Size (GB) box.
  16. Leave all other values as they are.
  17. Click OK to confirm.
     The partition is now added to the configuration.
  18. Click Edit > Create Partition osdpartition_create.pngagain.
     The Create a new partition window appears.
  19. Enter a name for the second partition into the Name box, for example, Recovery Partition .
  20. In the Type box select the value Logical .
  21. In the Extend box select the value No .
  22. Enter 5 into the Size (GB) box.
  23. Enter Recovery into the Label box.
  24. From the Drive Letter drop-down box select the value_D_ .
  25. From the Active Partition drop-down box select the value No .
  26. From the Partition Number drop-down box select the value_2_ .
  27. Leave all other values as they are.
  28. Click OK to confirm.
     The second partition is now added to the configuration.
  29. Click Edit > Create Partition osdpartition_create.pngagain.
     The Create a new partition window appears.
  30. Enter a name for the third partition into the Name box, for example, User Data Partition .
  31. In the Type box select the value Extended .
  32. Enter Data into the Label box.
  33. From the Drive Letter drop-down box select the value_E_ .
  34. From the Active Partition drop-down box select the value No .
  35. From the Partition Number drop-down box select the value_3_ .
  36. Leave all other values as they are.
  37. Click OK to confirm.
     This partition is now also added to the configuration.
    Your new disk configuration is now defined with all three partitions and can be used for deployment.

 

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