Before partitioning your HDD or SSD, it's important to keep a backup of your files. Make a good backup of your important data to avoid possible loss of important data. The following methods apply to ...

Automatic partitioning is safe and fast for standard installs—choose it if unsure. Manual partitioning is needed if you dual-boot, use LVM, or want separate filesystems for different partitions. Plan ...

I am trying to install DSL to my hard drive from the live cd, it gives the options for full or frugal install, and lilo or grub. but first it tells me to creat partitions using cfdisk in the terminal.