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OPS235 Lab 1 - CentOS7 - VMware

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::Remember that the sizes are recorded in MB (eg. 20 GB = 20000 MB) and you should multiply GB by a factor of 1024 to get the correct size. (eg. '''20 GB x 1024 = 20480 MB''')<br><br>
<ol><li value="5">We will now create the root (/) partition. '''Click on the add button (plus) sign'''.<br></li>
<li>In the '''Add a New Mount Point''', click the drop-down button and select '''/boot/efi''' for the mount point and type '''2954''' as the desired capacity, and then click '''Add mount point'''.</li><li>When you return to the main screen, make certain that this mount point is a '''Standard Partition''' and <u>not</u> ''LVM''.</li><li>Add another mount point, but 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> You will return to the previous dialog box.<br><span style="background-color:yellow">For the '''/''' partition, change the file-system type from '''xfs''' to '''ext4''' and make certain that the Device Type is set to Standard Partition (<u>not</u> LVM). You need to repeat this procedure for the ''/home'' and ''/var/lib/libvirt/images partitions'' as well)</span>.</li><li>Repeat the same steps above for the '''/home''' partition(calculate the equivalent size for 10GB (i.e. multiplied by 1024).</li><li>Recheck each of the created partitions, and make certain that the file-system type is set to ''ext4'' and the Device Type is set to should be ''Standard PartitionLVM''.</li>
<li>Finally, add a swap partition (Mount Point: swap) for '''16 GB'''.</li></ol>
{{Admon/tip|Error indicating /boot/efi partition required|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'''.|
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