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 <title>Creating a New Partition</title>
 <?dbhtml filename="creatingpartition.html"?>
 
-<para>See testing</para>
+<!--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
+fact even multiple LFS systems) may also be installed on a partition
+already occupied by another operating system and the different systems
+will co-exist peacefully.  The document
+<ulink url="&hints-root;/lfs_next_to_existing_systems.txt"/> explains
+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
+(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
+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
+packages can require a lot of disk space which will be reclaimed after
+the package is installed.</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 has one setup.</para>
+
+<para>Start a disk partitioning program such as
+<command>cfdisk</command> or <command>fdisk</command> with a command
+line option naming the hard disk on which the new partition will be
+created&mdash;for example <filename class="devicefile">/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
+pages of <command>cfdisk</command> or <command>fdisk</command> if you
+do not yet know how to use the programs.</para>
+
+<para>Remember the designation of the new partition (e.g.,
+<filename class="devicefile">hda5</filename>). This book will refer to this as the LFS
+partition. Also remember the designation of the swap partition. These
+names will be needed later for the <filename>/etc/fstab</filename>
+file.</para>
 
 </sect1>
+