Changeset 77396ef for partitioning

Timestamp:

Jul 13, 2006, 10:13:15 AM (18 years ago)

Author:

Jim Gifford <clfs@…>

Children:

fc66798a

Parents:

3549ccc

Message:

r4564@server: jim | 2006-07-13 10:12:58 -0700
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• partitioning/common/creatingpartition.xml (modified) (1 diff)

partitioning/common/creatingpartition.xml

@@ -11 +11 @@
   <title>Creating a New Partition</title>
 
-  <para os="a">Like most other operating systems, CLFS is usually installed on
-  a dedicated partition. The recommended approach to building a CLFS
+  <para os="a">Like most other operating systems, CLFS is usually installed
+  on a dedicated partition. The recommended approach to building a CLFS
   system is to use an available empty partition or, if you have enough
-  unpartitioned space, to create one. However, a CLFS system (in fact
-  even multiple CLFS 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>
+  unpartitioned space, to create one. However, if your building for a different
+  architecture you can simply build everyting in <quote>/mnt/clfs</quote>
+  and transfer it to your target machine.</para>
 
-  <para os="b">A minimal system requires a partition of around 1.3 gigabytes (GB).
+  <para os="b">A minimal system requires around 1.5 gigabytes (GB).
   This is enough to store all the source tarballs and compile the packages.
   However, if the CLFS system is intended to be the primary Linux system,