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- <para>A minimal system requires a partition of around 1.3 gigabytes (GB).
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+ <para>A minimal system requires a partition of around 2.8 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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+ space. A 10GB partition is a reaonable size to provide for growth. The LFS
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+ system itself will not take up this much room. A large portion of this
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+ requirement 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 the
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+ 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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Bruce Dubbs