Changeset 6dc64f6

Timestamp:

03/23/2001 03:03:02 AM (23 years ago)

Author:

Gerard Beekmans <gerard@…>

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, 6.0, 6.1, 6.1.1, 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, v3_0, v3_1, v3_2, v3_3, v4_0, v4_1, v5_0, v5_1, v5_1_1, 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:

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Parents:

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Message:

Text update

git-svn-id: ​http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@356 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689

Location:

chapter03

Files:

• creatingfs.xml (modified) (2 diffs)
• creatingpart.xml (modified) (1 diff)

chapter03/creatingfs.xml

@@ -6 +6 @@
 that partition. To create an ext2 file system, the mke2fs command is the
 correct choice. To create a reiser file system, the mkreiserfs command
-should be used. To create a different kind of file system, the
-appropriate command needs to be executed. The new partition is used
-as the only option to the
-command and the file system is created. If the partition is hda2
+should be used. The new partition is used as the only option to the
+command and the file system is created. If the partition is hda11
 and ext2 is to be created, the user would run:
 </para>
@@ -15 +13 @@
 <blockquote><literallayout>
 
-        <userinput>mke2fs /dev/hda2</userinput>
+        <userinput>mke2fs /dev/hda11</userinput>
 
 </literallayout></blockquote>
 
 <para>
-To use reiserfs the user would run:
+To create a reiser file system the user would run:
 </para>
 
 <blockquote><literallayout>
 
-        <userinput>mkreiserfs /dev/hda2</userinput>
+        <userinput>mkreiserfs /dev/hda11</userinput>
 
 </literallayout></blockquote>

chapter03/creatingpart.xml

@@ -5 +5 @@
 Before we can build our new Linux system, we need to have an empty Linux
 partition on which we can build our new system. I recommend a partition size
-of around 750 MB. This gives enough space to store all the tarballs and 
+of at least 750 MB. This gives enough space to store all the tarballs and 
 to compile all packages without worrying about running out of the necessary 
-temporary disk space. If a Linux Native partition is already available, 
-this subsection can be skipped.
+temporary disk space. But you probably want more space than that if you
+plan to use the LFS system as your primary Linux system. If that's the
+case you'd want more space so you can install additional software. If a 
+Linux Native partition is already available, this subsection can be skipped.
 </para>
 
 <para>
 The cfdisk program (or another fdisk like program the user prefers) is
-started with the
-appropriate hard disk as the option (like /dev/hda if the gentle reader
-wants to create a
-new partition on the primary master IDE disk). It is used to create a Linux
-Native partition, write the partition table and exit the cfdisk program. 
-The new partition's designation should be remembered. It could be something
-like hda11 (as it is in my case). This newly created partition will be
-referred to as the LFS partition in this book.
+started with the appropriate hard disk as the option (like /dev/hda if a
+new partition is to be created on the primary master IDE disk). It is used 
+to create a Linux Native partition, write the partition table and exit the 
+cfdisk program. The new partition's designation should be remembered. It 
+could be something like hda11 (as it is in my case). This newly created 
+partition will be referred to as the LFS partition in this book.
 </para>