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<sect1 id="ch04-creatingpart">
<title>Creating a new partition</title>
<para>
First, let me tell 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 <ulink
url="http://archive.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs-hints/OnePartitionHint.txt">one
partition hint</ulink>.
</para>
<para>
Before we can build our new Linux system, we need to have an empty Linux
partition on which we can build our new system. I recommend a partition size

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possible confusion and errors.
</para>
<para>
Now would be a good time to take a look at the <ulink
url="http://archive.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs-hints/optimization.txt">optimization
hint</ulink> if you plan on using compiler optimization for the packages
installed in the following chapter. Compiler optimization can make a program run
faster, but may also cause some compilation problems. If you run into problems
after having used optimization, always try it without optimizing to see if you
can reproduce the problem.
</para>
</sect1>

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<sect2>
<title>Installation of Lilo</title>
<para>
We have chosen Lilo because we feel confortable with it, but you may wish to
take a look elsewhere. Someone has written a <ulink
url="http://archive.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs-hints/GRUB-Howto.txt">hint on
GRUB</ulink>, an alternative boot loader.
</para>
<para>
Install Lilo by running the following commands:
</para>
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yet. We will complete the installation of lilo in chapter 8.
</para>
<para>
Maybe you'll be interested to know that someone wrote a hint on how to get a
logo instead the the standard LILO prompt or menu. Take a look at it <ulink
url="http://archive.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs-hints/Bootlogo.txt">here</ulink>.
</para>
</sect2>

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<userinput>chmod 755 /usr/sbin/makewhatis</userinput>
</literallayout></blockquote>
<para>
You may want to take a look at the <ulink
url="http://archive.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs-hints/man.txt">man hint</ulink>
which deals with formatting and compression issues for man pages.
</para>
</sect2>

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you may want to download an alternative and install an editor he
prefers. There are a few hints how to install different editors
available at <ulink
url="http://cvs.linuxfromscratch.org/index.cgi/hints/editors/">
http://cvs.linuxfromscratch.org/index.cgi/hints/editors/</ulink>
url="http://archive.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs-hints/editors/">http://archive.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs-hints/editors/</ulink>
</para>
<para>

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</para>
<para>
If a user wants to use this script on the system even if the
If you want to use this script on your system even if the
hardware clock is set to GMT, then the UTC variable below has to be changed
to the
value of <emphasis>1</emphasis>.
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the value <emphasis>0</emphasis> (zero).
</para>
<para>
Now, you may want to take a look at a very good hint explaining <ulink
url="http://archive.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs-hints/Time.txt">how we deal with
time on LFS</ulink>. It explains issues such as timezones, UTC, and the TZ
environment variable.
</para>
</sect2>
</sect1>

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running <userinput>touch /etc/lfs-&version;</userinput>.
</para>
<para>
If you are wondering: "Well, where to go now?" you'll be glad to hear that
someone has written an <ulink
url="http://archive.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs-hints/Afterlfs.txt">LFS-Hint</ulink>
on that subject. On a same note, if you are not only newbie to LFS, but also
newbie to Linux in general, you may find the <ulink
url="http://archive.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs-hints/newbie.txt">newbie
hint</ulink> very interesting.
</para>
<para>
Don't forget there are several LFS mailinglists you can subscribe to if
you are in need of help, advice, etc. See