diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml index 9e264c5aa..ec3c8b6e8 100644 --- a/chapter01/changelog.xml +++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml @@ -51,6 +51,10 @@ +August 15th, 2002 [timothy]: Chapter 04 - Preparing a new +partition: mentioned that a swap partition can be shared between the LFS +and host systems, grammatic changes. + August 13th, 2002 [gerard]: Chapter 06: Removed the --with-curses switch from the Bash installation as it's unnecessary here. diff --git a/chapter03/creatingpart.xml b/chapter03/creatingpart.xml index 03fd29709..d8ebd0c22 100644 --- a/chapter03/creatingpart.xml +++ b/chapter03/creatingpart.xml @@ -2,36 +2,42 @@ Creating a new partition -First, let's start with telling you that it is possible to build LFS -on only one partition, which is where your original distribution is -installed. This is not recommended if it is the first time you try LFS, -but may be useful if you are short on disk space. If you feel brave, take -a look at the Install LFS next to existing systems on the same -partition hint at It is possible to build LFS on only one partition - the partition +in which your original distribution is installed. While this is not +recommended for your first LFS installation, it may be useful if you +are short on disk space. If you feel brave, take a look at the +Install LFS next to existing systems on the same +partition hint at . -Before we can build our new Linux system, we need to have an empty Linux -partition on which we can build our new system. We recommend a partition size -of around 1 GB. This gives enough space to store all the tarballs and -to compile all packages without worrying about running out of the necessary -temporary disk space. But you probably want more space than that if you -plan to use the LFS system as your primary Linux system. If that's the -case you'd want more space so you can install additional software. If a -Linux Native partition is already available, this subsection can be -skipped. +Before we can build our new Linux system, we need an empty +Linux partition where we can build it. We recommend a partition size +of at least 1 GB. This provides enough space to store the tarballs and +compile all of the packages. You will probably need more space if you +intend to install additional software and use the LFS system as your +primary Linux system. If a Linux Native partition is already available, +this subsection can be skipped. -The cfdisk program (or another fdisk like program you prefer) is -to be started with the appropriate hard disk as the option (like /dev/hda -if a new partition is to be created on the primary master IDE disk). It is -used to create a Linux Native partition and to write the partition table. -Please refer to the documentation that comes with your fdisk program of -choice (the man pages are often a good place to start) and read the -procedures about how to create a new Linux native partition and how to -write the partition table. +Since your system memory can only hold a limited amount of data +at one time, we recommend that disk space be set aside for swap files. +A swap file is a place where items in memory may be stored until they +are called for. This disk space may be shared between your host system +and your LFS system. If you already have a swap partition, then you +probably don't need to create another one. Otherwise, you should create +a swap partition via an fdisk program. Regardless, you need to remember +the designation of the swap partition (such as hda2) as it will be needed +when we create the /etc/fstab file. -The new partition's designation should be remembered. It -could be something like hda11. This newly created partition will be -referred to as the LFS partition in this book. +The cfdisk program (or another fdisk-like program) should be +started with the appropriate hard disk as the argument (like /dev/hda +if a new partition is to be created on the primary master IDE disk). +Using this program, create a Linux Native partition. Please refer to +the documentation of your fdisk program (the man pages are often a +good place to start) for information about creating Linux native +partitions and writing partition tables. + +The designation of your new partition should be remembered. +It might be something similar to hda11. This newly created partition +will be referred to as the LFS partition in this book. - diff --git a/index.xml b/index.xml index fd3d13f46..0b3c7cf49 100644 --- a/index.xml +++ b/index.xml @@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ - - + +