1 | <sect1 id="ch04-creatingpart">
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2 | <title>Creating a new partition</title>
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3 |
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4 | <para>
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5 | First, let me tell you that it is possible to build LFS on only one partition,
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6 | which is where your original distribution is installed. This is not recommended
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7 | if it is the first time you try LFS, but may be useful if you are short on disk
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8 | space. If you feel brave, take a look at the <ulink
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9 | url="http://archive.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs-hints/OnePartitionHint.txt">one
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10 | partition hint</ulink>.
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11 | </para>
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12 |
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13 | <para>
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14 | Before we can build our new Linux system, we need to have an empty Linux
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15 | partition on which we can build our new system. I recommend a partition size
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16 | of at least 750 MB. This gives enough space to store all the tarballs and
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17 | to compile all packages without worrying about running out of the necessary
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18 | temporary disk space. But you probably want more space than that if you
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19 | plan to use the LFS system as your primary Linux system. If that's the
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20 | case you'd want more space so you can install additional software. If a
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21 | Linux Native partition is already available, this subsection can be skipped.
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22 | </para>
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23 |
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24 | <para>
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25 | The cfdisk program (or another fdisk like program you prefer)) is
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26 | started with the appropriate hard disk as the option (like /dev/hda if a
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27 | new partition is to be created on the primary master IDE disk). It is used
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28 | to create a Linux Native partition, write the partition table and exit the
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29 | cfdisk program. Please refer to the documentation that comes with your
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30 | fdisk program of choice (the man pages are often a good place to start)
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31 | and read the procedures about how to create a new Linux native
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32 | partition and how to write the partition table.
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33 | </para>
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34 |
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35 | <para>
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36 | The new partition's designation should be remembered. It
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37 | could be something like hda11. This newly created partition will be
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38 | referred to as the LFS partition in this book.
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39 | </para>
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40 |
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41 | </sect1>
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42 |
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