Step 1 : choose the manual option by clicking manual as shown in the image below for the partitions of the disk :
![foifa](http://img571.imageshack.us/img571/3353/78835486.png)
Step 2 : click the disk to start partitioning :
![poroewf](http://img571.imageshack.us/img571/995/15675650.png)
Step 3 : create a new partition table on the selected device :
![pefmcm](http://img843.imageshack.us/img843/3792/54992276.png)
Step 4 : click free space to create partitions :
![vwjwcsd](http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/5539/51652528.png)
Step 5 : choose create new partition :
![sdakjv](http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/7250/64570266.png)
Step 6 : enter the desired partition size for /boot :
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Step 7 : select primary for the partition type :
![qorjef](http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/8157/82592254.png)
Step 8 : select beginning for the new partition :
![u0r32f](http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/5687/27514103.png)
Step 9 : click Use as and change it to Ext2 file system; select /boot for the mount point & click done setting of the partition.
![432nlr](http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/6866/12204887.png)
Step 10 : again select the free space to create an encrypted volume :
![31mfm0-r](http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/2475/63229694.png)
Step 11 : create a new partition as shown in step 5.
Step 12 : enter the desired partition size for encrypted volume as shown in step 6 :
Step 13 : select primary location for the new partition as shown in step 7 :
Step 14 : select beginning for the new partition as shown in step 8 :
Step 15 : select physical volume for encryption :
![r2fmwp0r=](http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/3289/17174729.png)
Step 16 : click done setting of the partition :
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Step 17 : click configure encrypted volume :
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Step 18 : click yes to write changes to the disk :
![2c/zQSQ](http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/5898/66147587.png)
Step 19 : click yes to erase the data on the encrypted partition :
![-=2`nflqc](http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/663/75435647.png)
Step 20 : create a password with atleast 20 characters of letters, numbers and punctuation marks :
![x?Zpdqp](http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/8083/65167860.png)
Step 21 : re-enter the password provided in step 20 :
![1`3=1md](http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/2439/90182177.png)
Step 22 : click the encrypted volume to add support for logical volume manager :
![=`2mmqca](http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/1760/68239452.png)
Step 23 : select physical volume for lvm :
![9`0`nlkl](http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/3396/95112664.png)
Step 24 : click done setting of the partition :
![=3`13-=`mqm](http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/9945/55453216.png)
Step 25 : click configure the logical volume manager :
![[q]\dnkj](http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/1987/97017018.png)
Step 26 : create volume group :
![14dmlas]](http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/3610/13905002.png)
Step 27 : create a volume group name :
![1`mdnlkwq](http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/4064/57033877.png)
Step 28 : select the device [ aestrik indicates that device is selected ] and click continue :
![[w\dmm](http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/3218/72398509.png)
Step 29 : create a logical volume :
![=321\dsnv](http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/4979/73305649.png)
Step 30 : select the volume group in which you want to create volumes :
![21k;ldmw](http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/9357/13778480.png)
Step 31 : create volume name. be careful with the creation of volume names. i choose the generic names of the partition types in linux. e.g. : usr, var, tmp, swap, etc.. it will help you a lot from step to step :
![efalamcpo](http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/4921/78105946.png)
Step 32 : enter the desired size for the logical volume :
![13`2,e/](http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/8056/14015889.png)
Step 33 : click finish after you have created usr, var, tmp, swap, root and home partitions with the desired partition sizes.
![13,;'dws](http://img713.imageshack.us/img713/9195/21368148.png)
Step 34 : cross-verify the details of the created volumes :
![`1ascmpo](http://img713.imageshack.us/img713/3729/83274342.png)
Step 35 : click the logical volume to change the partition settings :
![0dm;lwqd](http://img713.imageshack.us/img713/8902/49329801.png)
Step 36 : select use as and change to Ext3 journalising file system; change mount option :
![=2`2,eml](http://img713.imageshack.us/img713/2593/89085938.png)
Step 37 : repeat steps 35 and 36 for the logical volumes.
Step 38 : select finish partitiong and write changes to the disk :
![1`,d;'ap](http://img713.imageshack.us/img713/4057/76611943.png)
Step 39 : select yes to write changes to the disk :
![]\qdnkw](http://img713.imageshack.us/img713/9909/86693260.png)
Step 40 : install the base system, users and passwords, grub, etc..
Step 41 : after the installation is completed, and hopefully nothing goes wrong, when you boot into your newly installed system, it will prompt for password created in step 20.
![`3,d/wp[]w](http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/6055/32429954.png)
The End.
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