Added information about swap partitions.

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chapter01/changelog.xml

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 </itemizedlist>
 </para></listitem>
 
+<listitem><para>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.</para></listitem>
+
 <listitem><para>August 13th, 2002 [gerard]: Chapter 06: Removed the
 <emphasis>--with-curses</emphasis> switch from the Bash installation as
 it's unnecessary here.</para></listitem>

chapter03/creatingpart.xml

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 <title>Creating a new partition</title>
 <?dbhtml filename="creatingpart.html" dir="chapter04"?>
 
-<para>First, let's start with telling you that it is possible to build LFS 
+<para>It is possible to build LFS on only one partition - the partition
-on only one partition, which is where your original distribution is 
+in which your original distribution is installed. While this is not
-installed. This is not recommended if it is the first time you try LFS, 
+recommended for your first LFS installation, it may be useful if you
-but may be useful if you are short on disk space. If you feel brave, take 
+are short on disk space. If you feel brave, take a look at the
-a look at the <emphasis>Install LFS next to existing systems on the same
+<emphasis>Install LFS next to existing systems on the same
 partition</emphasis> hint at <ulink
 url="&hints-root;lfs_next_to_existing_systems.txt"/>.</para>
 
-<para>Before we can build our new Linux system, we need to have an empty Linux
+<para>Before we can build our new Linux system, we need an empty
-partition on which we can build our new system. We recommend a partition size
+Linux partition where we can build it. We recommend a partition size
-of around 1 GB. This gives enough space to store all the tarballs and 
+of at least 1 GB. This provides enough space to store the tarballs and
-to compile all packages without worrying about running out of the necessary 
+compile all of the packages. You will probably need more space if you
-temporary disk space. But you probably want more space than that if you
+intend to install additional software and use the LFS system as your
-plan to use the LFS system as your primary Linux system. If that's the
+primary Linux system. If a Linux Native partition is already available,
-case you'd want more space so you can install additional software. If a 
+this subsection can be skipped.</para>
-Linux Native partition is already available, this subsection can be 
-skipped.</para>
 
-<para>The cfdisk program (or another fdisk like program you prefer) is
+<para>Since your system memory can only hold a limited amount of data
-to be started with the appropriate hard disk as the option (like /dev/hda 
+at one time, we recommend that disk space be set aside for swap files.
-if a new partition is to be created on the primary master IDE disk). It is 
+A swap file is a place where items in memory may be stored until they
-used to create a Linux Native partition and to write the partition table.
+are called for. This disk space may be shared between your host system
-Please refer to the documentation that comes with your fdisk program of
+and your LFS system. If you already have a swap partition, then you
-choice (the man pages are often a good place to start) and read the
+probably don't need to create another one. Otherwise, you should create
-procedures about how to create a new Linux native partition and how to
+a swap partition via an fdisk program. Regardless, you need to remember
-write the partition table.</para>
+the designation of the swap partition (such as hda2) as it will be needed
+when we create the <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> file.</para>
 
-<para>The new partition's designation should be remembered. It 
+<para>The cfdisk program (or another fdisk-like program) should be
-could be something like hda11. This newly created partition will be 
+started with the appropriate hard disk as the argument (like /dev/hda
-referred to as the LFS partition in this book.</para>
+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.</para>
+
+<para>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.</para>
 
 </sect1>
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