Changeset 296762cd for chapter02

Timestamp:

05/12/2005 09:46:28 PM (19 years ago)

Author:

Matthew Burgess <matthew@…>

Branches:

10.0, 10.0-rc1, 10.1, 10.1-rc1, 11.0, 11.0-rc1, 11.0-rc2, 11.0-rc3, 11.1, 11.1-rc1, 11.2, 11.2-rc1, 11.3, 11.3-rc1, 12.0, 12.0-rc1, 12.1, 12.1-rc1, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 6.6, 6.7, 6.8, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.5-systemd, 7.6, 7.6-systemd, 7.7, 7.7-systemd, 7.8, 7.8-systemd, 7.9, 7.9-systemd, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 9.0, 9.1, arm, bdubbs/gcc13, ml-11.0, multilib, renodr/libudev-from-systemd, s6-init, trunk, xry111/arm64, xry111/arm64-12.0, xry111/clfs-ng, xry111/lfs-next, xry111/loongarch, xry111/loongarch-12.0, xry111/loongarch-12.1, xry111/mips64el, xry111/pip3, xry111/rust-wip-20221008, xry111/update-glibc

Children:

e75916fc

Parents:

a86df62

Message:

Wording and tagging improvements

git-svn-id: ​http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@5318 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689

Location:

chapter02

Files:

• creatingfilesystem.xml (modified) (2 diffs)
• creatingpartition.xml (modified) (4 diffs)

chapter02/creatingfilesystem.xml

@@ -10 +10 @@
 <para>Now that a blank partition has been set up, the file system can
 be created. The most widely-used system in the Linux world is the
-second extended file system (ext2), but with the newer high-capacity
-hard disks, the journaling file systems are becoming increasingly
-popular.  Here we will create an ext2 file system, but build
+second extended file system (ext2), but with newer high-capacity
+hard disks, journaling file systems are becoming increasingly
+popular.  We will create an ext2 file system, however build
 instructions for other file systems can be found at <ulink
 url="&blfs-root;view/svn/postlfs/filesystems.html"/>.</para>
@@ -51 +51 @@
 
 <para>If a swap partition was created, it will need to be initialized
-as a swap partition too (also known as formatting, as described above
-with <command>mke2fs</command>) by running the following. If you are using an existing
+as a swap partition by using the command below. If you are using an existing
 swap partition, there is no need to format it.</para>
 

chapter02/creatingpartition.xml

@@ -8 +8 @@
 <?dbhtml filename="creatingpartition.html"?>
 
-<!--Edit Me-->
 <para>Like most other operating systems, LFS is usually installed on
-a dedicated partition.  If you have an empty partition or enough
-unpartitioned space on one of your hard disks to make one, using this
-for your LFS installation is recommended.  However, an LFS system (in
+a dedicated partition.  The recommended approach to building an LFS
+system is to use an available empty partition or, if you have enough
+unpartitioned space, to create one. However, an LFS system (in
 fact even multiple LFS systems) may also be installed on a partition
 already occupied by another operating system and the different systems
@@ -19 +18 @@
 how to implement this, whereas this book discusses the method of
 using a fresh partition for the installation.</para>
-<!--End Edit Me-->
 
 <para>A minimal system requires a partition of around 1.3 gigabytes
@@ -26 +24 @@
 Linux system, additional software will probably be installed which
 will require additional space (2 or 3 GB). The LFS system itself will
-not take up this much space. A large portion of this required amount
-of space is to provide sufficient free temporary space. Compiling
+not take up this much room. A large portion of this requirement
+is to provide sufficient free temporary storage. Compiling
 packages can require a lot of disk space which will be reclaimed after
 the package is installed.</para>
@@ -33 +31 @@
 <para>Because there is not always enough Random Access Memory (RAM)
 available for compilation processes, it is a good idea to use a small
-disk partition as swap space.  This space is used by the kernel to
-store seldom-used data to make room in memory for active processes.
+disk partition as swap space.  This is used by the kernel to
+store seldom-used data and leave more memory available for active processes.
 The swap partition for an LFS system can be the same as the one used
-by the host system, so another swap partition will not need to be
-created if your host system already has one setup.</para>
+by the host system, in which case it is not necessary to create another
+one.</para>
 
 <para>Start a disk partitioning program such as