Added -v switches.

git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/branches/6.1.1/BOOK@7059 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689

47 files changed, 164 insertions, 163 deletions

diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index 245c7054c..49877c044 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ First a summary, then a detailed log.</para>
 
 <listitem><para>October 19, 2005 [manuel]: Updated the acknowledgements
 to current trunk version. Ported also some redaction changes in preface
-and chapter01 pages. Moved chapter02 to part II.</para></listitem>
+and chapter01 pages. Moved chapter02 to part II. Added -v 
+switches.</para></listitem>
 
 <listitem><para>October 19, 2005 [manuel]: Updated the stylesheets, Makefile
 and related files to current trunk versions.</para></listitem>
diff --git a/chapter02/creatingfilesystem.xml b/chapter02/creatingfilesystem.xml
index 67d34fcc7..5a97fe691 100644
--- a/chapter02/creatingfilesystem.xml
+++ b/chapter02/creatingfilesystem.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ condition="pdf">&blfs-root;view/svn/ postlfs/filesystems.html</phrase></ulink>.<
 
 <para>To create an ext2 file system on the LFS partition, run the following:</para>
 
-<screen role="nodump"><userinput>mke2fs /dev/<replaceable>[xxx]</replaceable></userinput></screen>
+<screen role="nodump"><userinput>mke2fs -v /dev/<replaceable>[xxx]</replaceable></userinput></screen>
 
 <para>Replace <replaceable>[xxx]</replaceable> with the name of the LFS
 partition (<filename class="devicefile">hda5</filename> in our previous example).</para>
@@ -39,22 +39,22 @@ stock e2fsprogs package and use the resulting binaries to re-create the
 filesystem on your LFS partition:</para>
 
 <screen role="nodump"><userinput>cd /tmp
-tar xjf /path/to/sources/e2fsprogs-&e2fsprogs-version;.tar.bz2
+tar -xjvf /path/to/sources/e2fsprogs-&e2fsprogs-version;.tar.bz2
 cd e2fsprogs-&e2fsprogs-version;
-mkdir build
+mkdir -v build
 cd build
 ../configure
 make #note that we intentionally don't 'make install' here!
-./misc/mke2fs /dev/<replaceable>[xxx]</replaceable>
+./misc/mke2fs -v /dev/<replaceable>[xxx]</replaceable>
 cd /tmp
-rm -rf e2fsprogs-&e2fsprogs-version;</userinput></screen>
+rm -rfv e2fsprogs-&e2fsprogs-version;</userinput></screen>
 </note>
 
 <para>If a swap partition was created, it will need to be initialized for use by
 issuing the command below. If you are using an existing swap partition, there is
 no need to format it.</para>
 
-<screen role="nodump"><userinput>mkswap /dev/<replaceable>[yyy]</replaceable></userinput></screen>
+<screen role="nodump"><userinput>mkswap -v /dev/<replaceable>[yyy]</replaceable></userinput></screen>
 
 <para>Replace <replaceable>[yyy]</replaceable> with the name of the swap
 partition.</para>
diff --git a/chapter02/mounting.xml b/chapter02/mounting.xml
index e9ffd2d26..37654087a 100644
--- a/chapter02/mounting.xml
+++ b/chapter02/mounting.xml
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ environment variable by running:</para>
 <para>Next, create the mount point and mount the LFS file system by
 running:</para>
 
-<screen role="nodump"><userinput>mkdir -p $LFS
-mount /dev/<replaceable>[xxx]</replaceable> $LFS</userinput></screen>
+<screen role="nodump"><userinput>mkdir -pv $LFS
+mount -v /dev/<replaceable>[xxx]</replaceable> $LFS</userinput></screen>
 
 <para>Replace <replaceable>[xxx]</replaceable> with the designation of the LFS
 partition.</para>
@@ -32,10 +32,10 @@ partition.</para>
 class="directory">/</filename> and another for <filename
 class="directory">/usr</filename>), mount them using:</para>
 
-<screen role="nodump"><userinput>mkdir -p $LFS
-mount /dev/<replaceable>[xxx]</replaceable> $LFS
-mkdir $LFS/usr
-mount /dev/<replaceable>[yyy]</replaceable> $LFS/usr</userinput></screen>
+<screen role="nodump"><userinput>mkdir -pv $LFS
+mount -v /dev/<replaceable>[xxx]</replaceable> $LFS
+mkdir -v $LFS/usr
+mount -v /dev/<replaceable>[yyy]</replaceable> $LFS/usr</userinput></screen>
 
 <para>Replace <replaceable>[xxx]</replaceable> and
 <replaceable>[yyy]</replaceable> with the appropriate partition
diff --git a/chapter03/introduction.xml b/chapter03/introduction.xml
index f02e92531..f24bab476 100644
--- a/chapter03/introduction.xml
+++ b/chapter03/introduction.xml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ of the building process.</para>
 <emphasis>root</emphasis>, the following command before starting the
 download session:</para>
 
-<screen role="nodump"><userinput>mkdir $LFS/sources</userinput></screen>
+<screen role="nodump"><userinput>mkdir -v $LFS/sources</userinput></screen>
 
 <para>Make this directory writable and sticky. <quote>Sticky</quote>
 means that even if multiple users have write permission on a
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ directory, only the owner of a file can delete the file within a
 sticky directory. The following command will enable the write and
 sticky modes:</para>
 
-<screen role="nodump"><userinput>chmod a+wt $LFS/sources</userinput></screen>
+<screen role="nodump"><userinput>chmod -v a+wt $LFS/sources</userinput></screen>
 
 </sect1>
 
diff --git a/chapter04/addinguser.xml b/chapter04/addinguser.xml
index bd096936b..7cb703824 100644
--- a/chapter04/addinguser.xml
+++ b/chapter04/addinguser.xml
@@ -68,12 +68,12 @@ password), give <emphasis>lfs</emphasis> a password:</para>
 <filename class="directory">$LFS/tools</filename> by making
 <emphasis>lfs</emphasis> the directory owner:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>chown lfs $LFS/tools</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput>chown -v lfs $LFS/tools</userinput></screen>
 
 <para>If a separate working directory was created as suggested, give
 user <emphasis>lfs</emphasis> ownership of this directory:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>chown lfs $LFS/sources</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput>chown -v lfs $LFS/sources</userinput></screen>
 
 <para>Next, login as user <emphasis>lfs</emphasis>. This can be done
 via a virtual console, through a display manager, or with the
diff --git a/chapter04/creatingtoolsdir.xml b/chapter04/creatingtoolsdir.xml
index 15d1cbe4b..bed68fb17 100644
--- a/chapter04/creatingtoolsdir.xml
+++ b/chapter04/creatingtoolsdir.xml
@@ -21,14 +21,14 @@ linkend="chapter-temporary-tools"/>).</para>
 <para>Create the required directory by running the following as
 <emphasis>root</emphasis>:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>mkdir $LFS/tools</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput>mkdir -v $LFS/tools</userinput></screen>
 
 <para>The next step is to create a <filename class="symlink">/tools</filename> 
 symlink on the host system.  This will point to the newly-created directory on
 the LFS partition. Run this command as <emphasis>root</emphasis> as
 well:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>ln -s $LFS/tools /</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput>ln -sv $LFS/tools /</userinput></screen>
 
 <note><para>The above command is correct. The <command>ln</command> command has
 a few syntactic variations, so be sure to check <command>info coreutils ln</command> and
diff --git a/chapter05/adjusting.xml b/chapter05/adjusting.xml
index c3e00f876..141a25b04 100644
--- a/chapter05/adjusting.xml
+++ b/chapter05/adjusting.xml
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ of the GCC build. This is explained in more detail later in this
 chapter. Run the following command to eliminate this
 possibility:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>rm -f /tools/lib/gcc/*/*/include/{pthread.h,bits/sigthread.h}</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput>rm -vf /tools/lib/gcc/*/*/include/{pthread.h,bits/sigthread.h}</userinput></screen>
 
 <beginpage/>
 
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ commands</phrase>.</para>
 
 <para>Once all is well, clean up the test files:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>rm dummy.c a.out</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput>rm -v dummy.c a.out</userinput></screen>
 </caution>
 
 </sect1>
diff --git a/chapter05/bash.xml b/chapter05/bash.xml
index 0f89aed87..a7f42de9c 100644
--- a/chapter05/bash.xml
+++ b/chapter05/bash.xml
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ from Glibc which are more stable.</para></listitem>
 <para>Make a link for the programs that use <command>sh</command> for
 a shell:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>ln -s bash /tools/bin/sh</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput>ln -vs bash /tools/bin/sh</userinput></screen>
 
 </sect2>
 
diff --git a/chapter05/binutils-pass1.xml b/chapter05/binutils-pass1.xml
index 9154b597e..03eb0fedc 100644
--- a/chapter05/binutils-pass1.xml
+++ b/chapter05/binutils-pass1.xml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ compiled by the host system.</para>
 <para>The Binutils documentation recommends building Binutils outside of the
 source directory in a dedicated build directory:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>mkdir ../binutils-build
+<screen><userinput>mkdir -v ../binutils-build
 cd ../binutils-build</userinput></screen>
 
 <note><para>In order for the SBU values listed in the rest of the book
diff --git a/chapter05/binutils-pass2.xml b/chapter05/binutils-pass2.xml
index 01f926169..07aa7a29e 100644
--- a/chapter05/binutils-pass2.xml
+++ b/chapter05/binutils-pass2.xml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ unset them when building Binutils.</para>
 
 <para>Create a separate build directory again:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>mkdir ../binutils-build
+<screen><userinput>mkdir -v ../binutils-build
 cd ../binutils-build</userinput></screen>
 
 <para>Prepare Binutils for compilation:</para>
diff --git a/chapter05/gcc-pass1.xml b/chapter05/gcc-pass1.xml
index 6c1a0ab43..7a6b257e0 100644
--- a/chapter05/gcc-pass1.xml
+++ b/chapter05/gcc-pass1.xml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ unset them when building GCC.</para>
 <para>The GCC documentation recommends building GCC outside of the
 source directory in a dedicated build directory:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>mkdir ../gcc-build
+<screen><userinput>mkdir -v ../gcc-build
 cd ../gcc-build</userinput></screen>
 
 <para>Prepare GCC for compilation:</para>
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ and therefore usable on all kinds of UNIX systems where the GNU C compiler
 is not always installed. Running <command>cc</command> leaves the system administrator
 free to decide which C compiler to install.</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>ln -s gcc /tools/bin/cc</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput>ln -vs gcc /tools/bin/cc</userinput></screen>
 
 </sect2>
 
diff --git a/chapter05/gcc-pass2.xml b/chapter05/gcc-pass2.xml
index d4ccbf256..8387eb6d4 100644
--- a/chapter05/gcc-pass2.xml
+++ b/chapter05/gcc-pass2.xml
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ them.</para></important>
 
 <para>Create a separate build directory again:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>mkdir ../gcc-build
+<screen><userinput>mkdir -v ../gcc-build
 cd ../gcc-build</userinput></screen>
 
 <para>Before starting to build GCC, remember to unset any environment
diff --git a/chapter05/glibc.xml b/chapter05/glibc.xml
index de9737ab4..b950a7e38 100644
--- a/chapter05/glibc.xml
+++ b/chapter05/glibc.xml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ nor the kernel. If you plan to run the testsuite apply this patch:</para>
 <para>The Glibc documentation recommends building Glibc outside of the source
 directory in a dedicated build directory:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>mkdir ../glibc-build
+<screen><userinput>mkdir -v ../glibc-build
 cd ../glibc-build</userinput></screen>
 
 <para>Next, prepare Glibc for compilation:</para>
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ output so that the log file can be examined for failures later.</para>
 end about the absence of <filename>/tools/etc/ld.so.conf</filename>. 
 Prevent this warning with:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>mkdir /tools/etc
+<screen><userinput>mkdir -v /tools/etc
 touch /tools/etc/ld.so.conf</userinput></screen>
 
 <para>Install the package:</para>
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ instructions, instead of the <parameter>install-locales</parameter>
 target used above, will install the minimum set of locales necessary
 for the tests to run successfully:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>mkdir -p /tools/lib/locale
+<screen><userinput>mkdir -pv /tools/lib/locale
 localedef -i de_DE -f ISO-8859-1 de_DE
 localedef -i de_DE@euro -f ISO-8859-15 de_DE@euro
 localedef -i en_HK -f ISO-8859-1 en_HK
diff --git a/chapter05/linux-libc-headers.xml b/chapter05/linux-libc-headers.xml
index 607acd100..7b1fecc7e 100644
--- a/chapter05/linux-libc-headers.xml
+++ b/chapter05/linux-libc-headers.xml
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ Interface (API) stable version of the Linux headers.</para>
 
 <para>Install the header files:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>cp -R include/asm-i386 /tools/include/asm
-cp -R include/linux /tools/include</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput>cp -Rv include/asm-i386 /tools/include/asm
+cp -Rv include/linux /tools/include</userinput></screen>
 
 <para>If your architecture is not i386 (compatible), adjust the first command
 accordingly.</para>
diff --git a/chapter05/perl.xml b/chapter05/perl.xml
index c1279832d..ef1d902a8 100644
--- a/chapter05/perl.xml
+++ b/chapter05/perl.xml
@@ -61,9 +61,9 @@ be run in the next chapter if desired.</para>
 
 <para>Install these tools and their libraries:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>cp perl pod/pod2man /tools/bin
-mkdir -p /tools/lib/perl5/&perl-version;
-cp -R lib/* /tools/lib/perl5/&perl-version;</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput>cp -v perl pod/pod2man /tools/bin
+mkdir -pv /tools/lib/perl5/&perl-version;
+cp -Rv lib/* /tools/lib/perl5/&perl-version;</userinput></screen>
 
 </sect2>
 
diff --git a/chapter05/tcl.xml b/chapter05/tcl.xml
index 132152a51..f0d31da22 100644
--- a/chapter05/tcl.xml
+++ b/chapter05/tcl.xml
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ export TCLPATH=`pwd`</userinput></screen>
 
 <para>Now make a necessary symbolic link:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>ln -s tclsh8.4 /tools/bin/tclsh</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput>ln -sv tclsh8.4 /tools/bin/tclsh</userinput></screen>
 
 <beginpage/>
 
diff --git a/chapter06/binutils.xml b/chapter06/binutils.xml
index 800826e01..0ed46a852 100644
--- a/chapter06/binutils.xml
+++ b/chapter06/binutils.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ for Binutils and GCC.</para>
 <para>The Binutils documentation recommends building Binutils outside of the
 source directory in a dedicated build directory:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>mkdir ../binutils-build
+<screen><userinput>mkdir -v ../binutils-build
 cd ../binutils-build</userinput></screen>
 
 <para>Prepare Binutils for compilation:</para>
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ circumstances.</para></important>
 <para>Install the <filename class="headerfile">libiberty</filename> header file that is needed by
 some packages:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>cp ../binutils-&binutils-version;/include/libiberty.h /usr/include</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput>cp -v ../binutils-&binutils-version;/include/libiberty.h /usr/include</userinput></screen>
 
 </sect2>
 
diff --git a/chapter06/bzip2.xml b/chapter06/bzip2.xml
index cc4e011fc..a95cb91ee 100644
--- a/chapter06/bzip2.xml
+++ b/chapter06/bzip2.xml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ utilities against it.</para>
 <userinput>make test</userinput>.</para>
 
 <para>If reinstalling Bzip2, perform
-<userinput>rm -f /usr/bin/bz*</userinput> first, otherwise the following
+<userinput>rm -vf /usr/bin/bz*</userinput> first, otherwise the following
 <command>make install</command> will fail.</para>
 
 <para>Install the programs:</para>
@@ -71,12 +71,12 @@ utilities against it.</para>
 <filename class="directory">/bin</filename> directory, make
 some necessary symbolic links, and clean up:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>cp bzip2-shared /bin/bzip2
-cp -a libbz2.so* /lib
-ln -s ../../lib/libbz2.so.1.0 /usr/lib/libbz2.so
-rm /usr/bin/{bunzip2,bzcat,bzip2}
-ln -s bzip2 /bin/bunzip2
-ln -s bzip2 /bin/bzcat</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput>cp -v bzip2-shared /bin/bzip2
+cp -av libbz2.so* /lib
+ln -sv ../../lib/libbz2.so.1.0 /usr/lib/libbz2.so
+rm -v /usr/bin/{bunzip2,bzcat,bzip2}
+ln -sv bzip2 /bin/bunzip2
+ln -sv bzip2 /bin/bzcat</userinput></screen>
 
 </sect2>
 
diff --git a/chapter06/coreutils.xml b/chapter06/coreutils.xml
index 218743ffb..cf6f5a982 100644
--- a/chapter06/coreutils.xml
+++ b/chapter06/coreutils.xml
@@ -82,15 +82,15 @@ groups:</para>
 
 <para>Move programs to the proper locations:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>mv /usr/bin/{[,basename,cat,chgrp,chmod,chown,cp,dd,df} /bin
-mv /usr/bin/{date,echo,false,head,hostname,install,ln} /bin
-mv /usr/bin/{ls,mkdir,mknod,mv,pwd,rm,rmdir,sync} /bin
-mv /usr/bin/{sleep,stty,test,touch,true,uname} /bin
-mv /usr/bin/chroot /usr/sbin</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput>mv -v /usr/bin/{[,basename,cat,chgrp,chmod,chown,cp,dd,df} /bin
+mv -v /usr/bin/{date,echo,false,head,hostname,install,ln} /bin
+mv -v /usr/bin/{ls,mkdir,mknod,mv,pwd,rm,rmdir,sync} /bin
+mv -v /usr/bin/{sleep,stty,test,touch,true,uname} /bin
+mv -v /usr/bin/chroot /usr/sbin</userinput></screen>
 
 <para>Finally, create a symlink to be FHS-compliant:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>ln -s ../../bin/install /usr/bin</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput>ln -sv ../../bin/install /usr/bin</userinput></screen>
 
 </sect2>
 
diff --git a/chapter06/createfiles.xml b/chapter06/createfiles.xml
index 164e165c9..734fedc33 100644
--- a/chapter06/createfiles.xml
+++ b/chapter06/createfiles.xml
@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@ order to satisfy these programs, create a number of symbolic links which will be
 replaced by real files throughout the course of this chapter after the software
 has been installed.</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>ln -s /tools/bin/{bash,cat,pwd,stty} /bin
-ln -s /tools/bin/perl /usr/bin
-ln -s /tools/lib/libgcc_s.so{,.1} /usr/lib
-ln -s bash /bin/sh</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput>ln -sv /tools/bin/{bash,cat,pwd,stty} /bin
+ln -sv /tools/bin/perl /usr/bin
+ln -sv /tools/lib/libgcc_s.so{,.1} /usr/lib
+ln -sv bash /bin/sh</userinput></screen>
 
 </sect1>
 
diff --git a/chapter06/creatingdirs.xml b/chapter06/creatingdirs.xml
index 8dbb3b0c7..29602adca 100644
--- a/chapter06/creatingdirs.xml
+++ b/chapter06/creatingdirs.xml
@@ -10,25 +10,25 @@
 <para>It is time to create some structure in the LFS file system. Create a
 standard directory tree by issuing the following commands:</para>
  
-<screen><userinput>install -d /{bin,boot,dev,etc/opt,home,lib,mnt}
-install -d /{sbin,srv,usr/local,var,opt}
-install -d /root -m 0750
-install -d /tmp /var/tmp -m 1777
-install -d /media/{floppy,cdrom}
-install -d /usr/{bin,include,lib,sbin,share,src}
-ln -s share/{man,doc,info} /usr
-install -d /usr/share/{doc,info,locale,man}
-install -d /usr/share/{misc,terminfo,zoneinfo}
-install -d /usr/share/man/man{1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8}
-install -d /usr/local/{bin,etc,include,lib,sbin,share,src}
-ln -s share/{man,doc,info} /usr/local
-install -d /usr/local/share/{doc,info,locale,man}
-install -d /usr/local/share/{misc,terminfo,zoneinfo}
-install -d /usr/local/share/man/man{1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8}
-install -d /var/{lock,log,mail,run,spool}
-install -d /var/{opt,cache,lib/{misc,locate},local}
-install -d /opt/{bin,doc,include,info}
-install -d /opt/{lib,man/man{1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8}}</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput>install -dv /{bin,boot,dev,etc/opt,home,lib,mnt}
+install -dv /{sbin,srv,usr/local,var,opt}
+install -dv /root -m 0750
+install -dv /tmp /var/tmp -m 1777
+install -dv /media/{floppy,cdrom}
+install -dv /usr/{bin,include,lib,sbin,share,src}
+ln -sv share/{man,doc,info} /usr
+install -dv /usr/share/{doc,info,locale,man}
+install -dv /usr/share/{misc,terminfo,zoneinfo}
+install -dv /usr/share/man/man{1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8}
+install -dv /usr/local/{bin,etc,include,lib,sbin,share,src}
+ln -sv share/{man,doc,info} /usr/local
+install -dv /usr/local/share/{doc,info,locale,man}
+install -dv /usr/local/share/{misc,terminfo,zoneinfo}
+install -dv /usr/local/share/man/man{1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8}
+install -dv /var/{lock,log,mail,run,spool}
+install -dv /var/{opt,cache,lib/{misc,locate},local}
+install -dv /opt/{bin,doc,include,info}
+install -dv /opt/{lib,man/man{1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8}}</userinput></screen>
 
 <para>Directories are, by default, created with permission mode 755,
 but this is not desirable for all directories. In the commands above,
diff --git a/chapter06/devices.xml b/chapter06/devices.xml
index 015948c38..9737999db 100644
--- a/chapter06/devices.xml
+++ b/chapter06/devices.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ accessed. This is generally done during the boot process. Since this new system
 has not been booted, it is necessary to do what the LFS-Bootscripts package would
 otherwise do by mounting <filename class="directory">/dev</filename>:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>mount -n -t tmpfs none /dev</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput>mount -nvt tmpfs none /dev</userinput></screen>
 
 <para>The Udev package is what actually creates the devices in the <filename
 class="directory">/dev</filename> directory. Since it will not be installed
@@ -47,26 +47,26 @@ mknod -m 666 /dev/ptmx c 5 2
 mknod -m 666 /dev/tty c 5 0
 mknod -m 444 /dev/random c 1 8
 mknod -m 444 /dev/urandom c 1 9
-chown root:tty /dev/{console,ptmx,tty}</userinput></screen>
+chown -v root:tty /dev/{console,ptmx,tty}</userinput></screen>
 
 <para>There are some symlinks and directories required by LFS that are created
 during system startup by the LFS-Bootscripts package. Since this is a chroot
 environment and not a booted environment, those symlinks and directories need to
 be created here:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>ln -s /proc/self/fd /dev/fd
-ln -s /proc/self/fd/0 /dev/stdin
-ln -s /proc/self/fd/1 /dev/stdout
-ln -s /proc/self/fd/2 /dev/stderr
-ln -s /proc/kcore /dev/core
-mkdir /dev/pts
-mkdir /dev/shm</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput>ln -sv /proc/self/fd /dev/fd
+ln -sv /proc/self/fd/0 /dev/stdin
+ln -sv /proc/self/fd/1 /dev/stdout
+ln -sv /proc/self/fd/2 /dev/stderr
+ln -sv /proc/kcore /dev/core
+mkdir -v /dev/pts
+mkdir -v /dev/shm</userinput></screen>
 
 <para>Finally, mount the proper virtual (kernel) file systems on the
 newly-created directories:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>mount -t devpts -o gid=4,mode=620 none /dev/pts
-mount -t tmpfs none /dev/shm</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput>mount -vt devpts -o gid=4,mode=620 none /dev/pts
+mount -vt tmpfs none /dev/shm</userinput></screen>
 
 <beginpage/>
 
diff --git a/chapter06/e2fsprogs.xml b/chapter06/e2fsprogs.xml
index 560a0af9f..3d70ba504 100644
--- a/chapter06/e2fsprogs.xml
+++ b/chapter06/e2fsprogs.xml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ Diffutils, Gawk, GCC, Gettext, Glibc, Grep, Make, Sed, and Texinfo</seg></seglis
 <para>It is recommended that E2fsprogs be built in a subdirectory of the source tree:
 </para>
 
-<screen><userinput>mkdir build
+<screen><userinput>mkdir -v build
 cd build</userinput></screen>
 
 <para>Prepare E2fsprogs for compilation:</para>
diff --git a/chapter06/flex.xml b/chapter06/flex.xml
index 4fa42c9f9..b1b94ee65 100644
--- a/chapter06/flex.xml
+++ b/chapter06/flex.xml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ default page is fine, so make sure it does not get regenerated:</para>
 class="directory">/usr/lib</filename>. Create a symlink to account for
 this:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>ln -s libfl.a /usr/lib/libl.a</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput>ln -sv libfl.a /usr/lib/libl.a</userinput></screen>
 
 <para>A few programs do not know about <command>flex</command> yet and
 try to run its predecessor, <command>lex</command>. To support those
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ exec /usr/bin/flex -l "$@"
 
 # End /usr/bin/lex</literal>
 EOF
-chmod 755 /usr/bin/lex</userinput></screen>
+chmod -v 755 /usr/bin/lex</userinput></screen>
 
 </sect2>
 
diff --git a/chapter06/gcc.xml b/chapter06/gcc.xml
index 5433b486b..cb0d5df93 100644
--- a/chapter06/gcc.xml
+++ b/chapter06/gcc.xml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ Binutils will be used instead:</para>
 <para>The GCC documentation recommends building GCC outside of the source
 directory in a dedicated build directory:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>mkdir ../gcc-build
+<screen><userinput>mkdir -v ../gcc-build
 cd ../gcc-build</userinput></screen>
 
 <para>Prepare GCC for compilation:</para>
@@ -91,12 +91,12 @@ refer back to them as necessary.</para>
 <filename class="directory">/lib</filename> directory.
 To support those packages, create this symlink:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>ln -s ../usr/bin/cpp /lib</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput>ln -sv ../usr/bin/cpp /lib</userinput></screen>
 
 <para>Many packages use the name <command>cc</command> to call the C
 compiler. To satisfy those packages, create a symlink:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>ln -s gcc /usr/bin/cc</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput>ln -sv gcc /usr/bin/cc</userinput></screen>
 
 <note><para>At this point, it is strongly recommended to repeat the
 sanity check performed earlier in this chapter. Refer back to <xref
diff --git a/chapter06/glibc.xml b/chapter06/glibc.xml
index 1d671451f..913c9f4d5 100644
--- a/chapter06/glibc.xml
+++ b/chapter06/glibc.xml
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ nor the kernel. This patch fixes the problem:</para>
 <para>The Glibc documentation recommends building Glibc outside of the source
 directory in a dedicated build directory:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>mkdir ../glibc-build
+<screen><userinput>mkdir -v ../glibc-build
 cd ../glibc-build</userinput></screen>
 
 <para>Prepare Glibc for compilation:</para>
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ instructions, instead of the <parameter>install-locales</parameter>
 target used above, will install the minimum set of locales necessary
 for the tests to run successfully:</para>
 
-<screen role="nodump"><userinput>mkdir -p /usr/lib/locale
+<screen role="nodump"><userinput>mkdir -pv /usr/lib/locale
 localedef -i de_DE -f ISO-8859-1 de_DE
 localedef -i de_DE@euro -f ISO-8859-15 de_DE@euro
 localedef -i en_HK -f ISO-8859-1 en_HK
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ will output the name of the time zone (e.g.,
 Then create the <filename>/etc/localtime</filename> file by
 running:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>cp --remove-destination /usr/share/zoneinfo/<replaceable>[xxx]</replaceable> \
+<screen><userinput>cp -v --remove-destination /usr/share/zoneinfo/<replaceable>[xxx]</replaceable> \
     /etc/localtime</userinput></screen>
 
 <para>Replace <replaceable>[xxx]</replaceable> with the name of the time zone
diff --git a/chapter06/groff.xml b/chapter06/groff.xml
index d6d9fc482..59dd8c90d 100644
--- a/chapter06/groff.xml
+++ b/chapter06/groff.xml
@@ -48,9 +48,9 @@ to contain the default paper size. For users in the United States,
 <para>Some documentation programs, such as <command>xman</command>,
 will not work properly without the following symlinks:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>ln -s soelim /usr/bin/zsoelim
-ln -s eqn /usr/bin/geqn
-ln -s tbl /usr/bin/gtbl</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput>ln -sv soelim /usr/bin/zsoelim
+ln -sv eqn /usr/bin/geqn
+ln -sv tbl /usr/bin/gtbl</userinput></screen>
 
 </sect2>
 
diff --git a/chapter06/grub.xml b/chapter06/grub.xml
index 82bb9d401..5ab45985e 100644
--- a/chapter06/grub.xml
+++ b/chapter06/grub.xml
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ workstations.</para>
 <para>Install the package:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput>make install
-mkdir /boot/grub
-cp /usr/lib/grub/i386-pc/stage{1,2} /boot/grub</userinput></screen>
+mkdir -v /boot/grub
+cp -v /usr/lib/grub/i386-pc/stage{1,2} /boot/grub</userinput></screen>
 
 <para>Replace <filename class="directory">i386-pc</filename> with whatever
 directory is appropriate for the hardware in use.</para>
diff --git a/chapter06/gzip.xml b/chapter06/gzip.xml
index 6c5b64ce4..2dd8f475c 100644
--- a/chapter06/gzip.xml
+++ b/chapter06/gzip.xml
@@ -57,12 +57,12 @@ that the new location gets placed into the script:</para>
 class="directory">/bin</filename> directory and create some commonly used
 symlinks to it:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>mv /usr/bin/gzip /bin
-rm /usr/bin/{gunzip,zcat}
-ln -s gzip /bin/gunzip
-ln -s gzip /bin/zcat
-ln -s gzip /bin/compress
-ln -s gunzip /bin/uncompress</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput>mv -v /usr/bin/gzip /bin
+rm -v /usr/bin/{gunzip,zcat}
+ln -sv gzip /bin/gunzip
+ln -sv gzip /bin/zcat
+ln -sv gzip /bin/compress
+ln -sv gunzip /bin/uncompress</userinput></screen>
 
 </sect2>
 
diff --git a/chapter06/hotplug.xml b/chapter06/hotplug.xml
index ee5306761..c7433bd72 100644
--- a/chapter06/hotplug.xml
+++ b/chapter06/hotplug.xml
@@ -38,22 +38,22 @@ running kernel.</para>
 
 <para>Copy a file that the <quote>install</quote> target omits.</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>cp etc/hotplug/pnp.distmap /etc/hotplug</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput>cp -v etc/hotplug/pnp.distmap /etc/hotplug</userinput></screen>
 
 <para>Remove the init script that Hotplug installs since we are going to be
 using the script included in the LFS-Bootscripts package:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>rm -rf /etc/init.d</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput>rm -rfv /etc/init.d</userinput></screen>
 
 <para>Network device hotplugging is not yet supported by the LFS-Bootscripts
 package. For that reason, remove the network hotplug agent:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>rm -f /etc/hotplug/net.agent</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput>rm -fv /etc/hotplug/net.agent</userinput></screen>
 
 <para>Create a directory for storing firmware that can be loaded by
 <command>hotplug</command>:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>mkdir /lib/firmware</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput>mkdir -v /lib/firmware</userinput></screen>
 
 </sect2>
 
diff --git a/chapter06/inetutils.xml b/chapter06/inetutils.xml
index bceaaef1f..269752155 100644
--- a/chapter06/inetutils.xml
+++ b/chapter06/inetutils.xml
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ servers.</para></listitem>
 <para>Move the <command>ping</command> program to its FHS-compliant
 place:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>mv /usr/bin/ping /bin</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput>mv -v /usr/bin/ping /bin</userinput></screen>
 
 </sect2>
 
diff --git a/chapter06/kernfs.xml b/chapter06/kernfs.xml
index eb6bba52f..34273b7b2 100644
--- a/chapter06/kernfs.xml
+++ b/chapter06/kernfs.xml
@@ -13,12 +13,12 @@ used for them. The content of the file systems resides in memory.</para>
 
 <para>Begin by creating directories onto which the file systems will be mounted:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>mkdir -p $LFS/{proc,sys}</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput>mkdir -pv $LFS/{proc,sys}</userinput></screen>
 
 <para>Now mount the file systems:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>mount -t proc proc $LFS/proc
-mount -t sysfs sysfs $LFS/sys</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput>mount -vt proc proc $LFS/proc
+mount -vt sysfs sysfs $LFS/sys</userinput></screen>
 
 <para>Remember that if for any reason you stop working on the LFS
 system and start again later, it is important to check that these file
@@ -29,9 +29,9 @@ environment.</para>
 chroot environment. To keep the host up to date, perform a <quote>fake
 mount</quote> for each of these now:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>mount -f -t tmpfs tmpfs $LFS/dev
-mount -f -t tmpfs tmpfs $LFS/dev/shm
-mount -f -t devpts -o gid=4,mode=620 devpts $LFS/dev/pts</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput>mount -vft tmpfs tmpfs $LFS/dev
+mount -vft tmpfs tmpfs $LFS/dev/shm
+mount -vft devpts -o gid=4,mode=620 devpts $LFS/dev/pts</userinput></screen>
 
 </sect1>
 
diff --git a/chapter06/linux-libc-headers.xml b/chapter06/linux-libc-headers.xml
index 6a137cc69..06029e08b 100644
--- a/chapter06/linux-libc-headers.xml
+++ b/chapter06/linux-libc-headers.xml
@@ -41,17 +41,17 @@ headers.</para>
 
 <para>Install the header files:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>cp -R include/asm-i386 /usr/include/asm
-cp -R include/linux /usr/include</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput>cp -Rv include/asm-i386 /usr/include/asm
+cp -Rv include/linux /usr/include</userinput></screen>
 
 <para>Ensure that all the headers are owned by root:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>chown -R root:root /usr/include/{asm,linux}</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput>chown -Rv root:root /usr/include/{asm,linux}</userinput></screen>
 
 <para>Make sure the users can read the headers:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>find /usr/include/{asm,linux} -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \;
-find /usr/include/{asm,linux} -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \;</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput>find /usr/include/{asm,linux} -type d -exec chmod -v 755 {} \;
+find /usr/include/{asm,linux} -type f -exec chmod -v 644 {} \;</userinput></screen>
 
 </sect2>
 
diff --git a/chapter06/ncurses.xml b/chapter06/ncurses.xml
index 57139de47..884b067db 100644
--- a/chapter06/ncurses.xml
+++ b/chapter06/ncurses.xml
@@ -45,22 +45,22 @@ Gawk, GCC, Glibc, Grep, Make, and Sed</seg></seglistitem>
 
 <para>Give the Ncurses libraries execute permissions:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>chmod 755 /usr/lib/*.&ncurses-version;</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput>chmod -v 755 /usr/lib/*.&ncurses-version;</userinput></screen>
 
 <para>Fix a library that should not be executable:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>chmod 644 /usr/lib/libncurses++.a</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput>chmod -v 644 /usr/lib/libncurses++.a</userinput></screen>
 
 <para>Move the libraries to the <filename class="directory">/lib</filename> directory,
 where they are expected to reside:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>mv /usr/lib/libncurses.so.5* /lib</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput>mv -v /usr/lib/libncurses.so.5* /lib</userinput></screen>
 
 <para>Because the libraries have been moved, a few symlinks point to
 non-existent files. Recreate those symlinks:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>ln -sf ../../lib/libncurses.so.5 /usr/lib/libncurses.so
-ln -sf libncurses.so /usr/lib/libcurses.so</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput>ln -sfv ../../lib/libncurses.so.5 /usr/lib/libncurses.so
+ln -sfv libncurses.so /usr/lib/libcurses.so</userinput></screen>
 
 <beginpage/>
 
diff --git a/chapter06/psmisc.xml b/chapter06/psmisc.xml
index 717ebe49e..f09f726b1 100644
--- a/chapter06/psmisc.xml
+++ b/chapter06/psmisc.xml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ package.</para></listitem>
 class="directory">/bin</filename>. Therefore, move them to <filename
 class="directory">/usr/bin</filename>:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>mv /bin/pstree* /usr/bin</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput>mv -v /bin/pstree* /usr/bin</userinput></screen>
 
 <para>By default, Psmisc's <command>pidof</command> program is not
 installed. This usually is not a problem because it is installed later
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ in the Sysvinit package, which provides a better
 particular system, complete the installation of Psmisc by creating the
 following symlink:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>ln -s killall /bin/pidof</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput>ln -sv killall /bin/pidof</userinput></screen>
 
 </sect2>
 
diff --git a/chapter06/pwdgroup.xml b/chapter06/pwdgroup.xml
index 3f0e995aa..1390081e8 100644
--- a/chapter06/pwdgroup.xml
+++ b/chapter06/pwdgroup.xml
@@ -87,8 +87,8 @@ do not already exist. Initialize the log files and give them
 proper permissions:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput>touch /var/run/utmp /var/log/{btmp,lastlog,wtmp}
-chgrp utmp /var/run/utmp /var/log/lastlog
-chmod 664 /var/run/utmp /var/log/lastlog</userinput></screen>
+chgrp -v utmp /var/run/utmp /var/log/lastlog
+chmod -v 664 /var/run/utmp /var/log/lastlog</userinput></screen>
 
 <para>The <filename>/var/run/utmp</filename> file records the users
 that are currently logged in. The <filename>/var/log/wtmp</filename>
diff --git a/chapter06/readjusting.xml b/chapter06/readjusting.xml
index 5c056547e..e77e37f00 100644
--- a/chapter06/readjusting.xml
+++ b/chapter06/readjusting.xml
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ the process.</para>
 <para>Once everything is working correctly, clean up the test
 files:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>rm dummy.c a.out</userinput></screen></caution>
+<screen><userinput>rm -v dummy.c a.out</userinput></screen></caution>
 
 </sect1>
 
diff --git a/chapter06/readline.xml b/chapter06/readline.xml
index a234d6531..3e3348cf7 100644
--- a/chapter06/readline.xml
+++ b/chapter06/readline.xml
@@ -59,19 +59,19 @@ includes other fixes recommended by the Readline author.</para>
 
 <para>Give Readline's dynamic libraries more appropriate permissions:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>chmod 755 /lib/lib{readline,history}.so*</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput>chmod -v 755 /lib/lib{readline,history}.so*</userinput></screen>
 
 <para>Now move the static libraries to a more appropriate location:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>mv /lib/lib{readline,history}.a /usr/lib</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput>mv -v /lib/lib{readline,history}.a /usr/lib</userinput></screen>
 
 <para>Next, remove the <filename class="extension">.so</filename> files in
 <filename class="directory">/lib</filename> and relink them into <filename
 class="directory">/usr/lib</filename>.</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>rm /lib/lib{readline,history}.so
-ln -sf ../../lib/libreadline.so.5 /usr/lib/libreadline.so
-ln -sf ../../lib/libhistory.so.5 /usr/lib/libhistory.so</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput>rm -v /lib/lib{readline,history}.so
+ln -sfv ../../lib/libreadline.so.5 /usr/lib/libreadline.so
+ln -sfv ../../lib/libhistory.so.5 /usr/lib/libhistory.so</userinput></screen>
 
 <beginpage/>
 
diff --git a/chapter06/shadow.xml b/chapter06/shadow.xml
index 6801c1166..eaf6591a5 100644
--- a/chapter06/shadow.xml
+++ b/chapter06/shadow.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ files:</para>
 <indexterm zone="shadow-limits-login_access"><primary sortas="e-/etc/limits">/etc/limits</primary></indexterm>
 <indexterm zone="shadow-limits-login_access"><primary sortas="e-/etc/login.access">/etc/login.access</primary></indexterm>
 
-<screen><userinput>cp etc/{limits,login.access} /etc</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput>cp -v etc/{limits,login.access} /etc</userinput></screen>
 
 <para id="shadow-login_defs">Instead of using the default <emphasis>crypt</emphasis> method,
 use the more secure <emphasis>MD5</emphasis> method of password
@@ -74,13 +74,13 @@ file while copying it to its destination:</para>
 
 <para>Move a misplaced program to its proper location:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>mv /usr/bin/passwd /bin</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput>mv -v /usr/bin/passwd /bin</userinput></screen>
 
 <para>Move Shadow's libraries to more appropriate locations:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>mv /lib/libshadow.*a /usr/lib
-rm /lib/libshadow.so
-ln -sf ../../lib/libshadow.so.0 /usr/lib/libshadow.so</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput>mv -v /lib/libshadow.*a /usr/lib
+rm -v /lib/libshadow.so
+ln -sfv ../../lib/libshadow.so.0 /usr/lib/libshadow.so</userinput></screen>
 
 <beginpage/>
 
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ ln -sf ../../lib/libshadow.so.0 /usr/lib/libshadow.so</userinput></screen>
 class="directory">/etc/default</filename> directory for it to work
 properly:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>mkdir /etc/default</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput>mkdir -v /etc/default</userinput></screen>
 
 </sect2>
 
diff --git a/chapter06/udev.xml b/chapter06/udev.xml
index 9796a3343..113876c9c 100644
--- a/chapter06/udev.xml
+++ b/chapter06/udev.xml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ devices nodes are to be created.</para></listitem>
 <para>Udev's configuration is far from ideal by default, so install
 the configuration files here:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>cp ../udev-config-4.rules /etc/udev/rules.d/25-lfs.rules</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput>cp -v ../udev-config-4.rules /etc/udev/rules.d/25-lfs.rules</userinput></screen>
 
 <!-- Edit Me -->
 <para>Run the <command>udevstart</command> program to create our full
diff --git a/chapter06/vim.xml b/chapter06/vim.xml
index 9e9c41052..74f7be6e3 100644
--- a/chapter06/vim.xml
+++ b/chapter06/vim.xml
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ redirecting the output to a log file.</para>
 when users habitually enter <command>vi</command>, create a
 symlink:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>ln -s vim /usr/bin/vi</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput>ln -sv vim /usr/bin/vi</userinput></screen>
 
 <para>If an X Window System is going to be installed on the LFS
 system, it may be necessary to recompile Vim after installing X. Vim
diff --git a/chapter06/zlib.xml b/chapter06/zlib.xml
index 5ffe8cb44..3b4b6acb5 100644
--- a/chapter06/zlib.xml
+++ b/chapter06/zlib.xml
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ class="extension">.so</filename> file in <filename
 class="directory">/lib</filename>. We will remove it and relink it into
 <filename class="directory">/usr/lib</filename>:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>rm /lib/libz.so
-ln -sf ../../lib/libz.so.&zlib-version; /usr/lib/libz.so</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput>rm -v /lib/libz.so
+ln -sfv ../../lib/libz.so.&zlib-version; /usr/lib/libz.so</userinput></screen>
 
 <para>Build the static library:</para>
 
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ make</userinput></screen>
 
 <para>Fix the permissions on the static library:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>chmod 644 /usr/lib/libz.a</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput>chmod -v 644 /usr/lib/libz.a</userinput></screen>
 
 </sect2>
 
diff --git a/chapter07/console.xml b/chapter07/console.xml
index a8692c58b..a73897b8e 100644
--- a/chapter07/console.xml
+++ b/chapter07/console.xml
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ in use is affected (this works only for i386 keymaps):</para>
 <para>If the keycode 14 is Backspace instead of Delete, create the
 following keymap snippet to fix this issue:</para>
 
-<screen role="nodump"><userinput>mkdir -p /etc/kbd &amp;&amp; cat &gt; /etc/kbd/bs-sends-del &lt;&lt;"EOF"
+<screen role="nodump"><userinput>mkdir -pv /etc/kbd &amp;&amp; cat &gt; /etc/kbd/bs-sends-del &lt;&lt;"EOF"
 <literal>                  keycode  14 = Delete Delete Delete Delete
               alt keycode  14 = Meta_Delete
         altgr alt keycode  14 = Meta_Delete
diff --git a/chapter07/network.xml b/chapter07/network.xml
index 56b6ae68b..1a67bdc0e 100644
--- a/chapter07/network.xml
+++ b/chapter07/network.xml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ masks, and so forth.</para>
 the <emphasis>eth0</emphasis> device:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput>cd /etc/sysconfig/network-devices &amp;&amp;
-mkdir ifconfig.eth0 &amp;&amp;
+mkdir -v ifconfig.eth0 &amp;&amp;
 cat &gt; ifconfig.eth0/ipv4 &lt;&lt; "EOF"
 <literal>ONBOOT=yes
 SERVICE=ipv4-static
diff --git a/chapter08/grub.xml b/chapter08/grub.xml
index d9e7325f1..862abd41b 100644
--- a/chapter08/grub.xml
+++ b/chapter08/grub.xml
@@ -129,8 +129,8 @@ information regarding GRUB is located on its website at:
 <filename class="symlink">/etc/grub/menu.lst</filename>.  To satisfy this requirement, issue the 
 following command:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>mkdir /etc/grub &amp;&amp;
-ln -s /boot/grub/menu.lst /etc/grub</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput>mkdir -v /etc/grub &amp;&amp;
+ln -sv /boot/grub/menu.lst /etc/grub</userinput></screen>
 
 </sect1>
 
diff --git a/chapter08/kernel.xml b/chapter08/kernel.xml
index 14443ec4a..e785f4c02 100644
--- a/chapter08/kernel.xml
+++ b/chapter08/kernel.xml
@@ -115,14 +115,14 @@ the <filename class="directory">/boot</filename> directory.</para>
 <para>The path to the kernel image may vary depending on the platform
 being used. The following command assumes an x86 architecture:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/lfskernel-&linux-version;</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput>cp -v arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/lfskernel-&linux-version;</userinput></screen>
 
 <para><filename>System.map</filename> is a symbol file for the kernel.
 It maps the function entry points of every function in the kernel API,
 as well as the addresses of the kernel data structures for the running
 kernel. Issue the following command to install the map file:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>cp System.map /boot/System.map-&linux-version;</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput>cp -v System.map /boot/System.map-&linux-version;</userinput></screen>
 
 <para>The kernel configuration file <filename>.config</filename>
 produced by the <command>make menuconfig</command> step
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ above contains all the configuration selections for the kernel
 that was just compiled. It is a good idea to keep this file for future
 reference:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>cp .config /boot/config-&linux-version;</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput>cp -v .config /boot/config-&linux-version;</userinput></screen>
 
 <beginpage/>
 
diff --git a/chapter09/reboot.xml b/chapter09/reboot.xml
index d2def87db..05d5bcb38 100644
--- a/chapter09/reboot.xml
+++ b/chapter09/reboot.xml
@@ -29,22 +29,22 @@ installation for the first time! First exit from the chroot environment:</para>
 
 <para>Then unmount the virtual files systems:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>umount $LFS/dev/pts
-umount $LFS/dev/shm
-umount $LFS/dev
-umount $LFS/proc
-umount $LFS/sys</userinput></screen>    
+<screen><userinput>umount -v $LFS/dev/pts
+umount -v $LFS/dev/shm
+umount -v $LFS/dev
+umount -v $LFS/proc
+umount -v $LFS/sys</userinput></screen>    
 
 <para>Unmount the LFS file system itself:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>umount $LFS</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput>umount -v $LFS</userinput></screen>
 
 <para>If multiple partitions were created, unmount the other
 partitions before unmounting the main one, like this:</para>
 
-<screen role="nodump"><userinput>umount $LFS/usr
-umount $LFS/home
-umount $LFS</userinput></screen>
+<screen role="nodump"><userinput>umount -v $LFS/usr
+umount -v $LFS/home
+umount -v $LFS</userinput></screen>
 
 <para>Now, reboot the system with:</para>