Changeset 69993f4 for chapter02/creatingpartition.xml

Timestamp:

08/29/2004 06:36:34 PM (20 years ago)

Author:

Gerard Beekmans <gerard@…>

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6.0

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8b320e7

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ec0a37e6

Message:

Second round of edits for final release

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• chapter02/creatingpartition.xml (modified) (2 diffs)

chapter02/creatingpartition.xml

@@ -19 +19 @@
 
 <para>A minimal system requires a partition of around 1.3 gigabytes
-(GB).  This is enough to store all the source tarballs and compile all
+(GB).  This is enough to store all the source tarballs and compile 
 the packages. However, if the LFS system is intended to be the primary
 Linux system, additional software will probably be installed which
@@ -26 +26 @@
 of space is to provide sufficient free temporary space. Compiling
 packages can require a lot of disk space which will be reclaimed after
-the package is installed, but you do need it temporarily.</para>
+the package is installed.</para>
 
-<para>Because there is rarely enough RAM available for the process, 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. The swap partition for an LFS system can
-be the same as the your host system, so another swap partition will
-not need to be created if your host system already uses one.</para>
+<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.
+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 uses one.</para>
 
 <para>Start a disk partitioning program such as
-<command>cfdisk</command> or <command>fdisk</command> with an command
+<command>cfdisk</command> or <command>fdisk</command> with a command
 line option naming the hard disk on which the new partition will be
-created -- for example <filename>/dev/hda</filename> for the primary
+created&mdash;for example <filename>/dev/hda</filename> for the primary
 Integrated Drive Electronics (IDE) disk. Create a Linux native
 partition and a swap partition, if needed. Please refer to the man