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<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/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>In order to build a new Linux system, space is required -- an
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empty disk partition. If the computer does not have a free partition
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or room on any of the hard disks to make one, LFS can be built on the
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same partition where the current distribution is installed.</para>
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<note><para>This procedure is not recommended for your first LFS
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install, but if you are short on disk space and feel brave, you can
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use the hint at <ulink
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url="&hints-root;lfs_next_to_existing_systems.txt"/>.</para></note>
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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 all
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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 space. A large portion of this required amount
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of space is to provide sufficient free temporary space. 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, but you do need it temporarily.</para>
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<para>Because there is rarely enough RAM available for the process, it
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is a good idea to use a small disk partition as swap space. This
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space is used by the kernel to store seldom-used data to make room in
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memory for active processes. The swap partition for an LFS system can
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be the same as the your host system, so another swap partition will
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not need to be created if your host system already uses 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 an 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>/dev/hda</filename> for the primary
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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>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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