View of a disk configuration
A hard disk configuration provides the OS deployment with all the necessary information about how to deal with the hard disk of the target devices, that is, should it be reformatted or used as it is, if it is reformatted, how many partitions of which size are to be created, and which of the partitions is the boot partition.
The disk configuration pane (to the right) has the following tabs containing information about the selected hard disk configuration:
The Disk Setup tab
The Disk Setup tab specifies the basic information of the new hard disk configuration to be created on the target device during installation.
The table of the Disk Setup tab displays the following information:
Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
Name | This column lists the name of the selected hard disk configuration. |
Description | This field is a free text field and can contain some descriptive text or necessary information about the object. |
Disk Number | The physical disk number on the device, 0 indicating the first disk, 1 the second, and so on. |
Size (GB) | This value displays the total size of the respective hard disk in GB. |
Partition Table | The format of the partition table, that is, if it supports legacy or UEFI installations. |
Delete Disk Partitions | This parameter defines if any partitions that already exist on the target device are deleted, possible values are Yes and No . This option should be used with caution, because any data on the disk will be lost irretrievably if selected. |
Creation Date | The date and time the currently selected disk configuration was created for the first time. |
Last Modification Date | The date and time in the user specified format at which the last modification occurred to the selected object. |
Notes | This free text field can contain more information about the selected object. |
The Partition Setup tab
The Partition Setup tab provides access to the parameters of the hard disc configuration about its basic partition information.
These partitions are created during the installation process on the remote target device.
The table of the Partition Setup tab displays the following information on the defined partitions:
Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
Order | This parameter specifies the order in which the partitions will be modified, if there is more than one partition, 1 indicating the first partition, and so on. |
Name | This column lists the names of the defined partitions. |
Size (GB) | This value displays the total size of the respective disk partition in GB. FAT-32 disks cannot be larger than 32 GB. The specified size is adjusted to the cylinder snap and can therefore be somewhat smaller or larger than the defined value. |
Format | This parameter indicates the format of the partition, possible values being NTFS , FAT-32 or Do Not Format , if the disk is not to be formatted but to use the current configuration, such as to keep another partition type for Linux or to keep partitions with existing data. |
Extend | This parameter is of interest if the defined disk partitions do not completely use up the available disk space. Possible values are Yes , extend partition, in this case the size fixed for the disk will be ignored and the remaining disk space will be added to the respective partition. If you select No , do not extend the partition, the remaining disk space cannot be used. Only one partition per disk can be extended. As FAT-32 disks cannot be larger than 32 GB, extending it over this limit will generate an error. |