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<% title _("Partition table configuration") %>
<% title_actions link_to(_("New Partition Table"), new_ptable_path) %>
<div id="welcome">
<p> <%= _("A partition table entry represents either") %> </p>
<ul>
<li> <%= _("An explicit layout for the partitions of your hard drive(s). E.G.") %></li>
<pre>
zerombr yes
clearpart --all --initlabel
part /boot --fstype ext3 --size=100 --asprimary
part / --fstype ext3 --size=1024 --grow
part swap --recommended
</pre>
<li><%= _("A script to dynamically calculate the desired sizes. E.G.") %></li>
<pre>
#Dynamic - The below code is to manage the swap size

#get the actual memory installed on the system and divide by 1024 to get it in MB
usable_ram=$((`awk '$1 ~ /^MemTotal/ {printf "%d\n", $2 / 1024}' /proc/meminfo`))

#check if the memory is less than 2GB then swap is double the memory else it is maximum 24 G for really inactive stuff.
if [ "$usable_ram" -le 2048 ]; then
swap_size=$(($usable_ram * 2))
else
swap_size=$(($usable_ram + 2048))
fi
if [ $swap_size -gt 24576 ] ; then
swap_size=24576
fi

#copy all the HDD partitions to the temp file for execution
cat &lt&lt EOF &gt /tmp/diskpart.cfg
zerombr yes
clearpart --all --initlabel
part swap --size 250 --maxsize "$swap_size" --grow
part /boot --fstype ext3 --size 100 --asprimary
part / --fstype ext3 --size 8192 --maxsize 12288 --grow
part /tmp2 --size 250 --fstype ext3 --grow
EOF
</pre>
</ul>
<p>
<%= _("The inclusion of the keyword string <b>#Dynamic</b> at the start of a line lets Foreman know that this is not an explicit disk layout and must treated as a shell script, executed prior
to the install process and that the explicit partition table will be found at <b>/tmp/diskpart.cfg</b> during the build process.").html_safe %>
</p>
<p>
<%= _("The dynamic partitioning style is currently only available for the Red Hat family of operating systems, all others must provide an explicit list of partitions and sizes.") %>
</p>
<p>
<%= (_("You may also associate one or more operating systems with this partition table or alternatively set this up later on the %s page") % (link_to _("Operating systems"), operatingsystems_path)).html_safe %>
</p>
</div>
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