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<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [
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<!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
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%general-entities;
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]>
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<sect1 id="space-creatingpartition">
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<title>Creating a New Partition</title>
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<?dbhtml filename="creatingpartition.html"?>
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<para>Like most other operating systems, LFS is usually installed on
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a dedicated partition. The recommended approach to building an LFS
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system is to use an available empty partition or, if you have enough
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unpartitioned space, to create one. However, an LFS system (in
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fact even multiple LFS systems) may also be installed on a partition
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already occupied by another operating system and the different systems
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will co-exist peacefully. The document
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<ulink url="&hints-root;lfs_next_to_existing_systems.txt"/> explains
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how to implement this, whereas this book discusses the method of
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using a fresh partition for the installation.</para>
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<para>A minimal system requires a partition of around 1.3 gigabytes
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(GB). This is enough to store all the source tarballs and compile
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the packages. However, if the LFS system is intended to be the primary
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Linux system, additional software will probably be installed which
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will require additional space (2 or 3 GB). The LFS system itself will
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not take up this much room. A large portion of this requirement
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is to provide sufficient free temporary storage. Compiling
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packages can require a lot of disk space which will be reclaimed after
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the package is installed.</para>
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<para>Because there is not always enough Random Access Memory (RAM)
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available for compilation processes, it is a good idea to use a small
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disk partition as swap space. This is used by the kernel to
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store seldom-used data and leave more memory available for active processes.
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The swap partition for an LFS system can be the same as the one used
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by the host system, in which case it is not necessary to create another
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one.</para>
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<para>Start a disk partitioning program such as
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<command>cfdisk</command> or <command>fdisk</command> with a command
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line option naming the hard disk on which the new partition will be
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created—for example <filename class="devicefile">/dev/hda</filename> for
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the primary Integrated Drive Electronics (IDE) disk. Create a Linux native
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partition and a swap partition, if needed. Please refer to the man
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pages of <command>cfdisk</command> or <command>fdisk</command> if you
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do not yet know how to use the programs.</para>
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<para>Remember the designation of the new partition (e.g.,
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<filename class="devicefile">hda5</filename>). This book will refer to this as the LFS
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partition. Also remember the designation of the swap partition. These
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names will be needed later for the <filename>/etc/fstab</filename>
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file.</para>
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</sect1>
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