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+<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN"
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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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-
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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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-
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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 (2-3 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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-
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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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-
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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
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-<filename>cfdisk(8)</filename> or <filename>fdisk(8)</filename> if you
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-do not yet know how to use the programs.</para>
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-
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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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+ <?dbhtml filename="creatingpartition.html"?>
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-</sect1>
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+ <title>Creating a New Partition</title>
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+
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+ <para>Like most other operating systems, LFS is usually installed on a
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+ dedicated partition. The recommended approach to building an LFS system
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+ is to use an available empty partition or, if you have enough unpartitioned
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+ space, to create one. However, an LFS system (in fact even multiple LFS
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+ systems) may also be installed on a partition already occupied by another
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+ operating system and the different systems will co-exist peacefully. The
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+ document <ulink url="&hints-root;lfs_next_to_existing_systems.txt"/>
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+ explains 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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+
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+ <para>A minimal system requires a partition of around 1.3 gigabytes (GB).
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+ This is enough to store all the source tarballs and compile the packages.
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+ However, if the LFS system is intended to be the primary Linux system,
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+ additional software will probably be installed which will require additional
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+ space (2-3 GB). The LFS system itself will not take up this much room.
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+ A large portion of this requirement is to provide sufficient free temporary
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+ storage. Compiling packages can require a lot of disk space which will be
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+ reclaimed after the package is installed.</para>
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+ <para>Because there is not always enough Random Access Memory (RAM) available
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+ for compilation processes, it is a good idea to use a small disk partition as
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+ <systemitem class="filesystem">swap</systemitem> space. This is used by the
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+ kernel to store seldom-used data and leave more memory available for active
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+ processes. The <systemitem class="filesystem">swap</systemitem> partition for
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+ an LFS system can be the same as the one used by the host system, in which
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+ case it is not necessary to create another one.</para>
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+
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+ <para>Start a disk partitioning program such as <command>cfdisk</command>
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+ or <command>fdisk</command> with a command line option naming the hard
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+ disk on which the new partition will be created—for example
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+ <filename class="devicefile">/dev/hda</filename> for the primary Integrated
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+ Drive Electronics (IDE) disk. Create a Linux native partition and a
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+ <systemitem class="filesystem">swap</systemitem> partition, if needed. Please
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+ refer to <filename>cfdisk(8)</filename> or <filename>fdisk(8)</filename> if
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+ you do not yet know how to use the programs.</para>
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+
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+ <para>Remember the designation of the new partition (e.g., <filename
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+ class="devicefile">hda5</filename>). This book will refer to this as
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+ the LFS partition. Also remember the designation of the <systemitem
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+ class="filesystem">swap</systemitem> partition. These names will be
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+ needed later for the <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> file.</para>
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+
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+</sect1>
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Manuel Canales Esparcia