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<title>Creating a new partition</title>
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<?dbhtml filename="creatingpart.html" dir="chapter04"?>
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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 <emphasis>Install LFS next to existing systems on the same
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-partition</emphasis> hint at <ulink
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+<para>It is possible to build LFS on only one partition - the partition
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+in which your original distribution is installed. While this is not
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+recommended for your first LFS installation, it may be useful if you
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+are short on disk space. If you feel brave, take a look at the
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+<emphasis>Install LFS next to existing systems on the same
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+partition</emphasis> hint at <ulink
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url="&hints-root;lfs_next_to_existing_systems.txt"/>.</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. We recommend a partition size
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-of around 1 GB. This gives enough space to store all the tarballs and
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-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
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-skipped.</para>
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+<para>Before we can build our new Linux system, we need an empty
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+Linux partition where we can build it. We recommend a partition size
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+of at least 1 GB. This provides enough space to store the tarballs and
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+compile all of the packages. You will probably need more space if you
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+intend to install additional software and use the LFS system as your
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+primary Linux system. If a Linux Native partition is already available,
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+this subsection can be skipped.</para>
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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 and to write the partition table.
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-Please refer to the documentation that comes with your fdisk program of
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-choice (the man pages are often a good place to start) and read the
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-procedures about how to create a new Linux native partition and how to
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-write the partition table.</para>
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+<para>Since your system memory can only hold a limited amount of data
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+at one time, we recommend that disk space be set aside for swap files.
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+A swap file is a place where items in memory may be stored until they
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+are called for. This disk space may be shared between your host system
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+and your LFS system. If you already have a swap partition, then you
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+probably don't need to create another one. Otherwise, you should create
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+a swap partition via an fdisk program. Regardless, you need to remember
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+the designation of the swap partition (such as hda2) as it will be needed
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+when we create the <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> file.</para>
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-<para>The new partition's designation should be remembered. It
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-could be something like hda11. This newly created partition will be
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-referred to as the LFS partition in this book.</para>
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+<para>The cfdisk program (or another fdisk-like program) should be
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+started with the appropriate hard disk as the argument (like /dev/hda
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+if a new partition is to be created on the primary master IDE disk).
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+Using this program, create a Linux Native partition. Please refer to
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+the documentation of your fdisk program (the man pages are often a
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+good place to start) for information about creating Linux native
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+partitions and writing partition tables.</para>
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-</sect1>
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+<para>The designation of your new partition should be remembered.
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+It might be something similar to hda11. This newly created partition
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+will be referred to as the LFS partition in this book.</para>
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+</sect1>
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Timothy Bauscher