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| 6 | <sect1 id="space-creatingpartition">
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| 7 | <title>Creating a New Partition</title>
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| 10 | <para>In order to build a new Linux system, space is required in the
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| 11 | form of an empty disk partition. If the computer does not have a free
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| 12 | partition or room on any of the hard disks to make one, LFS can be
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| 13 | built on the same partition where the current distribution is
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| 14 | installed.</para>
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| 15 |
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| 16 | <note><para>This advanced procedure is not recommended
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| 17 | for your first LFS installation, but if you are short on
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| 18 | disk space the following document can be helpful: <ulink
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| 19 | url="&hints-root;lfs_next_to_existing_systems.txt"><phrase
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| 20 | condition="pdf">http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/hints/downloads/files/
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| 21 | lfs_next_to_existing_systems.txt</phrase></ulink>.</para></note>
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| 22 |
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| 23 | <para>A minimal system requires a partition of around 1.3 gigabytes
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| 24 | (GB). This is enough to store all the source tarballs and compile
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| 25 | the packages. However, if the LFS system is intended to be the primary
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| 26 | Linux system, additional software will probably be installed which
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| 27 | will require additional space (2 or 3 GB). The LFS system itself will
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| 28 | not take up this much space. A large portion of this required amount
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| 29 | of space is to provide sufficient free temporary space. Compiling
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| 30 | packages can require a lot of disk space which will be reclaimed after
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| 31 | the package is installed.</para>
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| 32 |
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| 33 | <para>Because there is not always enough Random Access Memory (RAM)
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| 34 | available for compilation processes, it is a good idea to use a small
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| 35 | disk partition as swap space. This space is used by the kernel to
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| 36 | store seldom-used data to make room in memory for active processes.
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| 37 | The swap partition for an LFS system can be the same as the one used
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| 38 | by the host system, so another swap partition will not need to be
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| 39 | created if your host system already has one setup.</para>
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| 40 |
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| 41 | <para>Start a disk partitioning program such as
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| 42 | <command>cfdisk</command> or <command>fdisk</command> with a command
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| 43 | line option naming the hard disk on which the new partition will be
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| 44 | created—for example <filename class="devicefile">/dev/hda</filename> for
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| 45 | the primary Integrated Drive Electronics (IDE) disk. Create a Linux native
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| 46 | partition and a swap partition, if needed. Please refer to the man
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| 47 | pages of <command>cfdisk</command> or <command>fdisk</command> if you
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| 48 | do not yet know how to use the programs.</para>
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| 49 |
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| 50 | <para>Remember the designation of the new partition (e.g.,
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| 51 | <filename class="devicefile">hda5</filename>). This book will refer to this as the LFS
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| 52 | partition. Also remember the designation of the swap partition. These
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| 53 | names will be needed later for the <filename>/etc/fstab</filename>
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| 54 | file.</para>
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| 55 |
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