On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 9:56 PM, Blake Morgan <b.morgan....@gmail.com> wrote: > I was planning to denote as little space as needed to the distro I'm using, > then partition the rest of the disk space according to the LFS book. Some > questions. > Should I be planning on developing multiple LFS systems? yes and no. Once you succeed in one build, it will be nice to have an extra partition that is not in use so that you can use that to start your next LFS build when the absolute latest and greatest must have version is released. I've done that and it turns out to be a kind of bouncing back and forth between which partition holds the primary system.
> What is the /var used for? o you know, various and sundry things ... mostly lower-level system stuff that users don't normally need to think about. > What do you me by /usr being separate? A system can have multiple partitions. If desired, you can make a separate partition on which to house the /usr directory hierarchy. > What do you mean by making multiple '/' partitions? See my answer to the first question above. > When you say inside of the disk, do you mean selecting the "End" options when > prompted to choose beginning or end? I think "inside of the disk" means the physical location of the sectors -- lower numbered sectors are physically located toward the center of the disk (closer to the hole in a common CD, for example). The "End" options may have different meaning depending on which partitioning tool you're using. > How would I switch the /home and /boot partitions between build. You would just do it. Actually, from a design standpoint, you would want separate /home and /boot partitions so that you would NOT have to switch between builds. The idea is to install a new base system and then mount your old /home into the new system, without all the fuss of moving and copying data back and forth when it isn't necessary. > I know this is many questions, but I wasn't planning for the partitioning to > be this difficult. Thank you for the major help. Yea, there is a long learning curve with partitioning. At least it was for me. I spent a summer staring at a poor notebook run chkdsk over and over and over and over and ... I eventually figured out a lot about disks before I learned the names for the ideas. My point is that partitioning is not something many novices are good at. And if you don't mind my saying, you do sound inexperienced. So I will echo Ken's thought that you may not be ready for LFS. It is a labor intensive process to build a system you will be happy with and you won't get it quite right the first time. So don't rush. Take some time (a year?) to check out other distros. Add a cheap extra drive and partition and break it all to hell. Get comfortable starting and stopping system services. Get comfortable working with tarballs and trouble-shooting failed software installations. Get to know _a_ Linux-based system. Get to know how you _use_ a Linux-based system. Then you'll have much clearer ideas about how to build your own LFS system. That said, please keep asking questions. This is a support list. How can the people here gain or offer support without questions? -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
