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diff --git a/chapter02/creatingpartition.xml b/chapter02/creatingpartition.xml index 4ee59dfd4..9127e5e3f 100644 --- a/chapter02/creatingpartition.xml +++ b/chapter02/creatingpartition.xml @@ -13,12 +13,22 @@ <para>Like most other operating systems, LFS is usually installed on a dedicated partition. The recommended approach to building an LFS system is to use an available empty partition or, if you have enough unpartitioned - space, to create one. However, an LFS system (in fact even multiple LFS - systems) may also be installed on a partition already occupied by another + space, to create one.</para> + +<!-- + + <para>It is possible to install an LFS system (in fact even multiple LFS + systems) 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> + contains notes on how to implement this. This document was last updated + in 2004. It has not been updated since and it has not been tested with + recent versions of this LFS book. The document is more than likely not + usable as-is and you will need to account for changes made to the LFS + procedures since it was written. This is only recommended for expert LFS + users.</para> + +--> <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. |