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| author | Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2005-01-30 10:24:49 +0000 |
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| committer | Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2005-01-30 10:24:49 +0000 |
| commit | d7ea6f24b8cc5ac061f2d52a758721523dd5410a (patch) | |
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Removed obsolete commented text, chapter02.
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diff --git a/chapter02/creatingpartition.xml b/chapter02/creatingpartition.xml index dfb1ea387..7e14f9d15 100644 --- a/chapter02/creatingpartition.xml +++ b/chapter02/creatingpartition.xml @@ -9,40 +9,4 @@ <para>See testing</para> -<!-- -<para>In order to build our new Linux system, we will need some space: -an empty disk partition. If you don't have a free partition, and no room -on any of your hard disks to make one, then you could build LFS on the -same partition as the one on which your current distribution is installed. -This procedure is not recommended for your first LFS install, but if you -are short on disk space, and you feel brave, take a look at the hint at -<ulink url="&hints-root;lfs_next_to_existing_systems.txt"/>.</para> - -<para>For a minimal system you will need a partition of around 1.3 GB. -This is enough to store all the source tarballs and compile all the packages. -But if you intend to use the LFS system as your primary Linux system, you -will probably want to install additional software, and will need more space -than this, probably around 2 or 3 GB.</para> - -<para>As we almost never have enough RAM in our box, 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 more urgent stuff. -The swap partition for your LFS system can be the same one as for your host -system, so you won't have to create another if your host system already uses -a swap partition.</para> - -<para>Start a disk partitioning program such as <command>cfdisk</command> -or <command>fdisk</command> with an argument naming the hard disk upon -which the new partition must be created - for example -<filename>/dev/hda</filename> for the primary 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 don't yet -know how to use the programs.</para> - -<para>Remember the designation of your new partition - something like -<filename>hda5</filename>. This book will refer to it as the LFS partition. -If you (now) also have a swap partition, remember its designation too. These -names will later be needed for the <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> file.</para> ---> - </sect1> |