Changeset afbe6d9 for chapter02/creatingpartition.xml

Timestamp:

05/12/2005 10:07:33 PM (19 years ago)

Author:

Matthew Burgess <matthew@…>

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6.1, 6.1.1

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e750af1

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Merge r5317 and 5318 (wording and tagging corrections) to the testing branch

git-svn-id: ​http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/branches/6.1/BOOK@5319 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689

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• chapter02/creatingpartition.xml (modified) (4 diffs)

chapter02/creatingpartition.xml

@@ -8 +8 @@
 <?dbhtml filename="creatingpartition.html"?>
 
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 <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
@@ -20 +19 @@
 explains how to implement this, whereas this book discusses the method of
 using a fresh partition for the installation.</para>
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 <para>A minimal system requires a partition of around 1.3 gigabytes
@@ -27 +25 @@
 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>
@@ -34 +32 @@
 <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