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<sect1 id="ch04-creatingpart">
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<title>Creating a new partition</title>
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-<para>First, let me tell you that it is possible to build LFS on only
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-one partition, which is where your original distribution is installed. This
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-is not recommended if it is the first time you try LFS, but may be useful
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-if you are short on disk space. If you feel brave, take a look at the
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-one partition hint at
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-<ulink
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-url="&hint-root;one-partition-hint.txt">&hint-root;one-partition-hint.txt</ulink></para>
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+<para>First, let's start with telling you that it is possible to build LFS
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+on only one partition, which is where your original distribution is
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+installed. This is not recommended if it is the first time you try LFS,
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+but may be useful if you are short on disk space. If you feel brave, take
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+a look at the one partition hint at <ulink
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+url="&hint-root;one-partition-hint.txt">&hint-root;one-partition-hint.txt</ulink>
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+Keep in mind, this is a real hint in that sense of the word, not a
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+finished document yet.</para>
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<para>Before we can build our new Linux system, we need to have an empty Linux
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partition on which we can build our new system. I recommend a partition size
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@@ -16,13 +17,14 @@ to compile all packages without worrying about running out of the necessary
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temporary disk space. But you probably want more space than that if you
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plan to use the LFS system as your primary Linux system. If that's the
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case you'd want more space so you can install additional software. If a
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-Linux Native partition is already available, this subsection can be skipped.</para>
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+Linux Native partition is already available, this subsection can be
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+skipped.</para>
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-<para>The cfdisk program (or another fdisk like program you prefer)) is
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-started with the appropriate hard disk as the option (like /dev/hda if a
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-new partition is to be created on the primary master IDE disk). It is used
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-to create a Linux Native partition, write the partition table and exit the
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-cfdisk program. Please refer to the documentation that comes with your
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+<para>The cfdisk program (or another fdisk like program you prefer) is
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+to be started with the appropriate hard disk as the option (like /dev/hda
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+if a new partition is to be created on the primary master IDE disk). It is
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+used to create a Linux Native partition, write the partition table and exit
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+the cfdisk program. Please refer to the documentation that comes with your
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fdisk program of choice (the man pages are often a good place to start)
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and read the procedures about how to create a new Linux native
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partition and how to write the partition table.</para>
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