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