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Corrected English idiom and punctuation in chapter 2.4 (new partition).

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<para>Swapping is never good. For mechanical hard drives you can generally
tell if a system is swapping by just listening to disk activity and
observing how the system reacts to commands. For an SSD drive you will not
be able to hear swapping but you can tell how much swap space is being used
by the <command>top</command> or <command>free</command> programs. Use of
observing how the system reacts to commands. With an SSD drive you will not
be able to hear swapping, but you can tell how much swap space is being used
by running the <command>top</command> or <command>free</command> programs. Use of
an SSD drive for a swap partition should be avoided if possible. The first
reaction to swapping should be to check for an unreasonable command such as
trying to edit a five gigabyte file. If swapping becomes a normal
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must be available for GRUB to use during installation of the boot
loader. This partition will normally be labeled 'BIOS Boot' if using
<command>fdisk</command> or have a code of <emphasis>EF02</emphasis> if
using <command>gdisk</command>.</para>
using the <command>gdisk</command>.</para>
<note><para>The Grub Bios partition must be on the drive that the BIOS
uses to boot the system. This is not necessarily the same drive where the
LFS root partition is located. Disks on a system may use different
partition table types. The requirement for this partition depends
uses to boot the system. This is not necessarily the drive that holds
the LFS root partition. The disks on a system may use different
partition table types. The necessity of the Grub Bios partition depends
only on the partition table type of the boot disk.</para></note>
</sect3>
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<listitem><para>/boot &ndash; Highly recommended. Use this partition to
store kernels and other booting information. To minimize potential boot
problems with larger disks, make this the first physical partition on
your first disk drive. A partition size of 200 megabytes is quite
your first disk drive. A partition size of 200 megabytes is
adequate.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>/boot/efi &ndash; The EFI System Partition, which is
@ -150,21 +150,21 @@
<filename class="directory">/bin</filename>,
<filename class="directory">/lib</filename>, and
<filename class="directory">/sbin</filename> are symlinks to their
counterpart in <filename class="directory">/usr</filename>.
So <filename class="directory">/usr</filename> contains all binaries
counterparts in <filename class="directory">/usr</filename>.
So <filename class="directory">/usr</filename> contains all the binaries
needed for the system to run. For LFS a separate partition for
<filename class="directory">/usr</filename> is normally not needed.
If you need it anyway, you should make a partition large enough to
fit all programs and libraries in the system. The root partition can be
If you create it anyway, you should make a partition large enough to
fit all the programs and libraries in the system. The root partition can be
very small (maybe just one gigabyte) in this configuration, so it's
suitable for a thin client or diskless workstation (where
<filename class="directory">/usr</filename> is mounted from a remote
server). However you should take care that an initramfs (not covered by
LFS) will be needed to boot a system with separate
server). However you should be aware that an initramfs (not covered by
LFS) will be needed to boot a system with a separate
<filename class="directory">/usr</filename> partition.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>/opt &ndash; This directory is most useful for
BLFS where multiple installations of large packages like Gnome or KDE can
BLFS, where multiple large packages like Gnome or KDE can
be installed without embedding the files in the /usr hierarchy. If
used, 5 to 10 gigabytes is generally adequate.</para>
</listitem>
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<listitem><para>/usr/src &ndash; This partition is very
useful for providing a location to store BLFS source files and
share them across LFS builds. It can also be used as a location
for building BLFS packages. A reasonably large partition of 30-50
gigabytes allows plenty of room.</para></listitem>
share them across LFS builds. It can also be used as a location
for building BLFS packages. A reasonably large partition of 30-50
gigabytes provides plenty of room.</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>Any separate partition that you want automatically mounted upon boot
needs to be specified in the <filename>/etc/fstab</filename>. Details
needs to be specified in the <filename>/etc/fstab</filename>. Details
about how to specify partitions will be discussed in <xref
linkend="ch-bootable-fstab"/>. </para>