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| author | Bruce Dubbs <bdubbs@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2011-10-27 01:39:20 +0000 |
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| committer | Bruce Dubbs <bdubbs@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2011-10-27 01:39:20 +0000 |
| commit | b14e95717b71d1664cdcad4e211a689c758d8f67 (patch) | |
| tree | 62d9934a5406f1f392706a57a6aa41ceff80cfba /chapter02 | |
| parent | 946e599a0e996411838b1921c0c42b3cb4960136 (diff) | |
Adjust minimum partition size recommendations
git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@9642 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
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| -rw-r--r-- | chapter02/creatingpartition.xml | 11 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/chapter02/creatingpartition.xml b/chapter02/creatingpartition.xml index 48af811ca..d9c6315f1 100644 --- a/chapter02/creatingpartition.xml +++ b/chapter02/creatingpartition.xml @@ -30,14 +30,15 @@ --> - <para>A minimal system requires a partition of around 1.3 gigabytes (GB). + <para>A minimal system requires a partition of around 2.8 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 (2-3 GB). The LFS system itself will 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> + space. A 10GB partition is a reaonable size to provide for growth. The LFS + system itself will 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> <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 |