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diff --git a/chapter02/creatingpartition.xml b/chapter02/creatingpartition.xml index 78c4cbaa6..f3ef3de91 100644 --- a/chapter02/creatingpartition.xml +++ b/chapter02/creatingpartition.xml @@ -7,6 +7,51 @@ <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—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> + |