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BigChief
Asked: 2011-07-28 05:05:20 +0800 CST

CentOS 6: No separate /home partition

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I do not want /home in a separate partition for a new CentOS 6 install. However, there no longer appears to be a "Review and Modify Partition Layout" in the text installer. How can I do this?

EDIT: I'm doing a netinstall, if that makes any difference.

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    It seems from what I've read online that CentOS 6 doesn't support modifying your partition layout when installing in Text-Mode.

    It seems that this option is only available if you're performing a graphical install.

    This is covered in the release notes.

    CentOS6 Release Notes

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  2. Starting with RHEL6/Centos6, you need to use the graphical installer to adjust your partition layout. In order to use the graphical installer, you need about 512-1 gig of RAM.

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  3. As someone else mentioned, you can change it later.

    If you are looking at an interactive install, that is the way to go or using GUI, although that is not an option in a lot of farms.

    Not sure what your environment is, but you could also get around this by using a kickstart file. You can either create a custom install DVD or via PXE. Just poking around a kickstart file I created on a test box the other day, I see a number of partitioning options..

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