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author | Alex Gronenwoud <alex@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2004-02-23 22:09:27 +0000 |
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committer | Alex Gronenwoud <alex@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2004-02-23 22:09:27 +0000 |
commit | f89de330228e5159bb2cda0c03b81f2b5b7e83aa (patch) | |
tree | b3e93eac5579a0ae7d307939cd1487a925ecbbd3 | |
parent | b1575581743d136f81bb3c06aae38a6a556bef1f (diff) |
Cleaning up the revision of chroot and reboot sections.
git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@3259 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
-rw-r--r-- | chapter01/changelog.xml | 3 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | chapter05/utillinux.xml | 49 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | chapter06/aboutdebug.xml | 50 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | chapter06/chapter06.xml | 32 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | chapter09/reboot.xml | 35 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | index.xml | 4 |
6 files changed, 38 insertions, 135 deletions
diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml index 48022c2f7..1f89fc76d 100644 --- a/chapter01/changelog.xml +++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml @@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ first a summary, then a detailed log.</para> <listitem><para>ncurses-5.4</para></listitem> </itemizedlist></listitem> +<listitem><para>February 23rd, 2004 [alex]: Chapters 6 + 9 : Cleaned up the +Revision of chroot and Reboot sections.</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>February 22nd, 2004 [alex]: Moved the stripping of the final system from chapter 9 to the end of chapter 6.</para></listitem> diff --git a/chapter05/utillinux.xml b/chapter05/utillinux.xml deleted file mode 100644 index 680ea0431..000000000 --- a/chapter05/utillinux.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,49 +0,0 @@ -<sect1 id="ch-tools-util-linux"> -<title>Installing Util-linux-&util-linux-version;</title> -<?dbhtml filename="util-linux.html" dir="chapter05"?> - -<screen>&buildtime; &util-linux-time-tools; -&diskspace; &util-linux-compsize-tools;</screen> - -&aa-utillinux-down; -&aa-utillinux-dep; - -<sect2><title> </title><para> </para></sect2> - -<sect2> -<title>Installation of Util-linux</title> - -<para>Util-linux doesn't use the freshly installed headers and libraries from -the <filename>/tools</filename> directory. This is fixed by altering the -configure script:</para> - -<screen><userinput>cp configure configure.backup -sed "s@/usr/include@/tools/include@g" configure.backup > configure</userinput></screen> - -<para>Prepare Util-linux for compilation:</para> - -<screen><userinput>./configure</userinput></screen> - -<para>Compile some support routines:</para> - -<screen><userinput>make -C lib</userinput></screen> - -<para>And, since you'll need only a couple of the utilities contained in this -package, build just those:</para> - -<screen><userinput>make -C mount mount umount -make -C text-utils more -make -C sys-utils arch</userinput></screen> - -<para>Now copy these programs to the temporary tools directory:</para> - -<screen><userinput>cp mount/{,u}mount text-utils/more sys-utils/arch /tools/bin</userinput></screen> - -</sect2> - -<sect2><title> </title><para> </para> -<para>The details on this package are found in <xref linkend="contents-utillinux"/>.</para> -<para> </para></sect2> - -</sect1> - diff --git a/chapter06/aboutdebug.xml b/chapter06/aboutdebug.xml deleted file mode 100644 index 6708deb54..000000000 --- a/chapter06/aboutdebug.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,50 +0,0 @@ -<sect1 id="ch-system-aboutdebug"> -<title>About debugging symbols</title> -<?dbhtml filename="aboutdebug.html" dir="chapter06"?> - -<para>Most programs and libraries are, by default, compiled with debugging -symbols included (with gcc option -g).</para> - -<para>When debugging a program or library that was compiled with debugging -information included, the debugger can give you not only memory addresses -but also the names of the routines and variables.</para> - -<para>But the inclusion of these debugging symbols enlarges a program or -library significantly. To get an idea of the amount of space these symbols -occupy, have a look at the following:</para> - -<itemizedlist> - -<listitem><para>a bash binary -with debugging symbols: 1200 KB</para></listitem> - -<listitem><para>a bash binary -without debugging symbols: 480 KB</para></listitem> - -<listitem><para>Glibc and GCC files (/lib and /usr/lib) -with debugging symbols: 87 MB</para></listitem> - -<listitem><para>Glibc and GCC files -without debugging symbols: 16 MB</para></listitem> - -</itemizedlist> - -<para>Sizes may vary a little, depending on which compiler was used and -which C library. But when comparing programs with and without debugging -symbols, the difference will generally be a factor between 2 and 5.</para> - -<para>As most people will probably never use a debugger on their system -software, a lot of disk space can be regained by removing these symbols .</para> - -<para>To remove debugging symbols from a binary (which must be an a.out -or ELF binary), run <command>strip --strip-debug filename</command>. -Wildcards can be used to treat multiple files (use something like -<userinput>strip --strip-debug $LFS/tools/bin/*</userinput>).</para> - -<para>For your convenience, <xref linkend="chapter-finalizing"/> includes one simple -command to strip all debugging symbols from all programs and libraries on your -system. Additional information on optimization can be found in the hint at -<ulink url="&hints-root;optimization.txt"/>.</para> - -</sect1> - diff --git a/chapter06/chapter06.xml b/chapter06/chapter06.xml index 287b94540..f3173733b 100644 --- a/chapter06/chapter06.xml +++ b/chapter06/chapter06.xml @@ -590,21 +590,39 @@ destroyed.</para> <sect1 id="ch-system-revisedchroot"> -<title>Revised chroot command</title> +<title>Cleaning up</title> <?dbhtml filename="revisedchroot.html" dir="chapter06"?> -<para>From now on when you exit the chroot environment and wish to reenter -it, you should run the following modified chroot command:</para> +<para>From now on, when you exit the chroot environment and wish to reenter +it, you should use the following modified chroot command:</para> <screen><userinput>chroot $LFS /usr/bin/env -i \ HOME=/root TERM=$TERM PS1='\u:\w\$ ' \ PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin \ /bin/bash --login</userinput></screen> -<para>The reason being there is no longer any need to use programs from the -<filename class="directory">/tools</filename> directory. However, we don't -want to remove the <filename class="directory">/tools</filename> directory -just yet. There is still some use for it towards the end of the book.</para> +<para>The reason for this is that, since the programs in <filename +class="directory">/tools</filename> are no longer needed, you may want to +delete the whole directory and regain the space. Before actually deleting the +directory, exit from chroot and reenter it with the above command. Also, before +removing <filename class="directory">/tools</filename>, you may want to tar it +up and store it in a safe place, in case you want build another LFS system +soon.</para> + +<note><para>Removing <filename class="directory">/tools</filename> will also +remove the temporary copies of Tcl, Expect and DejaGnu, which were used for +running the toolchain tests. If you want to use these programs later on, you +will need to recompile and re-install them. The installation instructions are +the same as in <xref linkend="chapter-temporary-tools"/>, apart from changing +the prefix from <emphasis>/tools</emphasis> to <emphasis>/usr</emphasis>. The +BLFS book discusses a slightly different approach to installing Tcl, see <ulink +url="&blfs-root;"/>.</para></note> + +<para>You may also want to move the packages and patches stored in <filename +class="directory">/sources</filename> to a more usual location, such as +<filename class="directory">/usr/src/packages</filename>, and remove the +directory -- or simply delete the whole directory if you've burned its contents +on a CD).</para> </sect1> diff --git a/chapter09/reboot.xml b/chapter09/reboot.xml index 4ba8ba98f..d5ef9bf58 100644 --- a/chapter09/reboot.xml +++ b/chapter09/reboot.xml @@ -2,30 +2,12 @@ <title>Rebooting the system</title> <?dbhtml filename="reboot.html" dir="chapter09"?> -<para>Now that all of the software has been installed, it's time to exit the -chroot environment and reboot the computer. Before we exit the chroot -environment, let's unmount any mounted virtual file systems by running:</para> +<para>Now that all of the software has been installed, it is time to reboot +your computer. First exit from the chroot environment:</para> -<screen><userinput>umount /proc -umount /dev/pts</userinput></screen> - -<para>Exit the chroot environment:</para> <screen><userinput>logout</userinput></screen> -<para>Additionally, now that all software has been installed, there is no longer -a need for the <filename class="directory">/tools</filename> directory. You may -delete it. As this will also remove the temporary copies of Tcl, Expect and -DejaGnu, which were used for running the toolchain tests, you will need to -recompile and re-install them on your LFS system if you want to use these -programs later.</para> - -<para>Also you may now want to move the contents of -<filename class="directory">/sources</filename> to -<filename class="directory">/usr/src/packages</filename> or something similar -(or simply delete them if you've burned them on a CD) and delete the -directory.</para> - -<para>Before we reboot, let's unmount the LFS partition itself:</para> +<para>Then unmount the LFS file system:</para> <screen><userinput>umount $LFS</userinput></screen> @@ -36,15 +18,14 @@ unmount the other partitions before you unmount $LFS, like this:</para> umount $LFS/home umount $LFS</userinput></screen> -<para>And now you can reboot your system by running something like:</para> +<para>Now reboot your system with:</para> -<screen><userinput>/sbin/shutdown -r now</userinput></screen> +<screen><userinput>shutdown -r now</userinput></screen> -<para>Assuming the Grub boot loader was set up as outlined earlier, the -default menu should be set to boot <emphasis>LFS &milestone;</emphasis> -automatically.</para> +<para>Assuming the Grub boot loader was set up as outlined earlier, the menu +is set to boot <emphasis>LFS &milestone;</emphasis> automatically.</para> -<para>After you have rebooted, your LFS system is ready for use and you +<para>When the reboot is complete, your LFS system is ready for use and you can start adding your own software.</para> </sect1> @@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ <!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN" "/usr/share/docbook/docbookx.dtd" [ -<!ENTITY version "CVS-2004-02-22"> -<!ENTITY releasedate "February 22nd, 2004"> +<!ENTITY version "CVS-2004-02-23"> +<!ENTITY releasedate "February 23rd, 2004"> <!ENTITY milestone "5.2"> <!ENTITY nbsp " "> |