About other hard disk setup options

Other hard disk setup options available from Partitions & filesystems (under Hard disk setup) are Use whole disk for UNIX and Customize.

• The Use whole disk for UNIX option clears any existing partitions and divisions from your hard disk and creates a default UNIX partition and division, which you cannot modify.
  

• The Customize option clears any existing partitions and divisions and creates the same default layout, then allows you to modify it with new partitions and divisions. (The Interactive fdisk/divvy option gives you more precise control over the size and location of partitions and divisions, but the Customize option is simpler.)

Neither of these options preserve previous data or disk setups. If you select the Use whole disk for UNIX or Customize option, you must restore any previous data from backups after the installation is complete.

The Use whole disk for UNIX and Customize options are also available for the second hard disk. See ``Upgrading a non-primary hard disk''.

See also:

• ``Configuring a hard disk''