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| author | Bruce Dubbs <bdubbs@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2016-05-16 23:08:24 +0000 |
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| committer | Bruce Dubbs <bdubbs@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2016-05-16 23:08:24 +0000 |
| commit | 230381d1210691777e0899128146cf2ce37a05fa (patch) | |
| tree | 1a84a9c6b25e414f7afef802f14ba372b3712878 | |
| parent | 72fb9bf99704f015341645d1f9c8ae7c74a128d5 (diff) | |
Editorial changes to the kernel section
git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@11062 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter01/changelog.xml | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter08/kernel.xml | 27 |
2 files changed, 22 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml index 2ca396a2c..0aaa3c2b1 100644 --- a/chapter01/changelog.xml +++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml @@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ <para>2016-05-16</para> <itemizedlist> <listitem> + <para>[bdubbs] - Made editorial changes to the kernel section. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> <para>[bdubbs] - Moved Host System Requirements to Chapter 2 and made minor editorial changes.</para> </listitem> diff --git a/chapter08/kernel.xml b/chapter08/kernel.xml index bbf268f20..3d8391d04 100644 --- a/chapter08/kernel.xml +++ b/chapter08/kernel.xml @@ -108,21 +108,22 @@ Device Drivers ---> </variablelist> -<screen role="nodump"><userinput>make LANG=<replaceable><host_LANG_value></replaceable> LC_ALL= menuconfig</userinput></screen> +<screen role="nodump"><userinput>make menuconfig</userinput></screen> <variablelist> - <title>The meaning of the make parameters:</title> + <title>The meaning of optional make environment variables:</title> <varlistentry> <term><parameter>LANG=<host_LANG_value> LC_ALL=</parameter></term> <listitem> - <para>This establishes the locale setting to the one used on the host. - This is needed for a proper menuconfig ncurses interface line - drawing on UTF-8 linux text console.</para> - - <para>Be sure to replace <replaceable><host_LANG_value></replaceable> - by the value of the <envar>$LANG</envar> variable from your host. - If not set, you could use instead the host's value of <envar>$LC_ALL</envar> + <para>This establishes the locale setting to the one used on the + host. This may be needed for a proper menuconfig ncurses interface + line drawing on a UTF-8 linux text console.</para> + + <para>If used, be sure to replace + <replaceable><host_LANG_value></replaceable> by the value of + the <envar>$LANG</envar> variable from your host. You can + alternatively use instead the host's value of <envar>$LC_ALL</envar> or <envar>$LC_CTYPE</envar>.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> @@ -161,6 +162,14 @@ Device Drivers ---> required to complete the installation. Some files need to be copied to the <filename class="directory">/boot</filename> directory.</para> + <caution> + <para>If the host system has a separate /boot partition, the + files copied below should go there. The easiest way to do that + is to bind /boot on the host to /mnt/lfs/boot before proceeding:</para> + +<screen><userinput>mount --bind /boot /mnt/lfs/boot</userinput></screen> + </caution> + <para>The path to the kernel image may vary depending on the platform being used. The filename below can be changed to suit your taste, but the stem of the filename should be <emphasis>vmlinuz</emphasis> to be compatible with |