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