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Sign Up for Support.............................................................................................................. v I. File Systems.......................................................................................................................................i 1. The ext3 File System ............................................................................................................ 1 1.1. Features of ext3...................................................................................................... 1 1.2. Creating an ext3 File System ................................................................................. 1 1.3. Converting to an ext3 File System......................................................................... 2 1.4. Reverting to an ext2 File System ........................................................................... 2 2. Swap Space ........................................................................................................................... 5 2.1. What is Swap Space?............................................................................................. 5 2.2. Adding Swap Space ............................................................................................... 5 2.3. Removing Swap Space .......................................................................................... 6 2.4. Moving Swap Space .............................................................................................. 7 3. Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) .................................................................. 9 3.1. What is RAID?....................................................................................................... 9 3.2. Who Should Use RAID?........................................................................................ 9 3.3. Hardware RAID versus Software RAID................................................................ 9 3.4. RAID Levels and Linear Support ........................................................................ 10 4. Logical Volume Manager (LVM)........................................................................................ 13 5. Managing Disk Storage....................................................................................................... 15 5.1. Viewing the Partition Table.................................................................................. 16 5.2. Creating a Partition .............................................................................................. 16 5.3. Removing a Partition ........................................................................................... 18 5.4. Resizing a Partition.............................................................................................. 19 6. Implementing Disk Quotas ................................................................................................. 21 6.1. Configuring Disk Quotas ..................................................................................... 21 6.2. Managing Disk Quotas ........................................................................................ 24 6.3. Additional Resources........................................................................................... 25 II. Installation-Related Information................................................................................................ 27 7. Kickstart Installations ......................................................................................................... 29 7.1. What are Kickstart Installations?......................................................................... 29 7.2. How Do You Perform a Kickstart Installation? ................................................... 29 7.3. Creating the Kickstart File................................................................................... 29 7.4. Kickstart Options ................................................................................................. 30 7.5. Package Selection ................................................................................................ 44 7.6. Pre-installation Script........................................................................................... 45 7.7. Post-installation Script......................................................................................... 47 7.8. Making the Kickstart File Available .................................................................... 48 7.9. Making the Installation Tree Available................................................................ 49 7.10. Starting a Kickstart Installation ......................................................................... 49 8. Kickstart Configurator..................................................................................................... 53 8.1. Basic Configuration ............................................................................................. 53 8.2. Installation Method .............................................................................................. 54 8.3. Boot Loader Options............................................................................................ 55 8.4. Partition Information............................................................................................ 56 8.5. Network Configuration ........................................................................................ 59 8.6. Authentication...................................................................................................... 60 8.7. Firewall Configuration ......................................................................................... 61 8.8. X Configuration ................................................................................................... 62 8.9. Package Selection ................................................................................................ 65 8.10. Pre-Installation Script ........................................................................................ 65 8.11. Post-Installation Script....................................................................................... 66 8.12. Saving the File ................................................................................................... 68 9. Basic System Recovery....................................................................................................... 69 9.1. Common Problems .............................................................................................. 69 9.2. Booting into Rescue Mode................................................................................... 69 9.3. Booting into Single-User Mode........................................................................... 71 9.4. Booting