Addendum.
The LFS book specifically supports the use of multiple partitions as demonstrated by chapter 2.4 'Mounting the New Partition'. "If using multiple partitions for LFS (e.g., one for / and another for /usr), mount them using: [...]". At no point does it discourage the use of them. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page