id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	milestone	component	version	severity	resolution	keywords	cc
943	"""2.2 Creating a New Partition""/Note no longer accurate"	gerard@…	lfs-book@…	"<snip>
The lfs_next_to_existing_systems hint was written to overcome this
problem, but unfortunately it was hackish, required modifications to fstab
and the bootscripts and was overall not very newbie-friendly. The LFS
book's section 2.2 describes the old hint quite accurately as ""advanced
procedure [that] is not recommended for your first LFS installation,"".
Unfortunately, as said in the beginning, the first LFS installation is
probably when you need the hint most. 

Fortunately, the Note in section 2.2 is no longer accurate. In fact it
could be no further from the truth. The lfs_next_... has been rewritten
from scratch. It is now simple, safe and newbie-friendly. It's the perfect
way for first-timers to get started with LFS without having to deal with
the dangers and difficulties of re-partitioning a hard disk. The text of
2.2 should be changed to reflect this. I suggest to replace the 
paragraph and the Note box with the following text:
<snip>

See URL for Matthias' complete email."	defect	closed	lowest		Book	SVN	normal	fixed