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authorGerard Beekmans <gerard@linuxfromscratch.org>2001-03-23 03:13:31 +0000
committerGerard Beekmans <gerard@linuxfromscratch.org>2001-03-23 03:13:31 +0000
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-rw-r--r--chapter03/creatingdirs.xml27
-rw-r--r--chapter03/creatingfs.xml12
-rw-r--r--chapter03/mounting.xml28
3 files changed, 32 insertions, 35 deletions
diff --git a/chapter03/creatingdirs.xml b/chapter03/creatingdirs.xml
index 5311c6f2a..463688456 100644
--- a/chapter03/creatingdirs.xml
+++ b/chapter03/creatingdirs.xml
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
<title>Creating directories</title>
<para>
-Let's create the directory tree on the LFS partition according to the FHS
+Let's create the directory tree on the LFS partition based on the FHS
standard, which can be found at <ulink
url="http://www.pathname.com/fhs/">http://www.pathname.com/fhs/</ulink>.
-Issuing the following commands will create the necessary directories:
+Issuing the following commands will create a default directory layout:
</para>
<blockquote><literallayout>
@@ -36,16 +36,15 @@ Issuing the following commands will create the necessary directories:
<para>
Normally, directories are created with permission mode 755, which isn't
-desired for all directories. I haven't checked if the FHS suggests
-default modes for certain directories, so I'll just change the modes for
-a few directories that make sense to change. The first change is a mode
-0750 for the $LFS/root directory. This is to make sure that not just
-everybody can enter the /root directory (the same a user would do with
-/home/username directories). The second change is a mode 1777 for the tmp
-directories. This way, any user can write stuff to the /tmp directory when
-needed. The sticky (1) bit makes sure users can't delete other
-users' files which they normally can do, because the directory is set in
-such a way that everybody (owner, group, world) can write to that directory.
+desired for all directories. The first change is a mode 0750 for the
+$LFS/root directory. This is to make sure that not just everybody can
+enter the /root directory (the same a user would do with /home/username
+directories). The second change is a mode 1777 for the tmp
+directories. This way, any user can write data to the /tmp directory when
+needed. The sticky bit (the first bit in the 1777 mask) makes sure
+users can't delete other users files which they normally can do,
+because the directory is set in such a way that everybody (owner, group,
+world) can write to that directory (the 777 in the bit mask)
</para>
<blockquote><literallayout>
@@ -58,8 +57,8 @@ such a way that everybody (owner, group, world) can write to that directory.
<para>
Now that the directories are created, copy the source files that were
-downloaded in chapter 3 to some subdirectory under $LFS/usr/src (this
-directory still needs to be created yet).
+downloaded in chapter 3 to some subdirectory under $LFS/usr/src (you
+will need to create the desired directory yourself).
</para>
</sect1>
diff --git a/chapter03/creatingfs.xml b/chapter03/creatingfs.xml
index 63117387c..2e9f263eb 100644
--- a/chapter03/creatingfs.xml
+++ b/chapter03/creatingfs.xml
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@
<para>
Once the partition is created, we have to create a new file system on
-that partition. To create an ext2 file system, the mke2fs command is the
-correct choice. To create a reiser file system, the mkreiserfs command
-should be used. The new partition is used as the only option to the
-command and the file system is created. If the partition is hda11
-and ext2 is to be created, the user would run:
+that partition. To create an ext2 file system, use the mke2fs command.
+To create a reiser file system, the mkreiserfs command should be used.
+The new partition is used as the only option to the command and the file
+system is created. If the partition is hda11 and ext2 is to be created,
+run the following:
</para>
<blockquote><literallayout>
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ and ext2 is to be created, the user would run:
</literallayout></blockquote>
<para>
-To create a reiser file system the user would run:
+To create a reiser file system, run the following:
</para>
<blockquote><literallayout>
diff --git a/chapter03/mounting.xml b/chapter03/mounting.xml
index b6a7e6781..786945bcb 100644
--- a/chapter03/mounting.xml
+++ b/chapter03/mounting.xml
@@ -1,15 +1,14 @@
-<sect1 id="ch04-mountingpart">
+<sect1 id="ch04-mounting">
<title>Mounting the new partition</title>
<para>
-Now that we have created the ext2 file system, it is ready for use. All we have
-to do to be able to access it (as in reading from and writing date to it) is
-mounting it. If it is mounted under /mnt/lfs, this partition can be accessed
-by going to the /mnt/lfs directory and then doing whatever needed to do. This
-book will assume that the partition was mounted on a subdirectory
-under /mnt. It doesn't matter which directory is chosen, the user just has
-to make sure
-that he remembers what he chose.
+Now that we have created a file system, it is ready for use. All we have
+to do to be able to access it (as in reading data from and writing data to
+it) is mounting it. If it is mounted under /mnt/lfs, this partition can
+be accessed by going to the /mnt/lfs directory and then doing whatever
+needed to do. This book will assume that the partition was mounted
+under /mnt/lfs. It doesn't matter which directory is chosen, the
+user just has to make sure that he remembers what he chose.
</para>
<para>
@@ -33,15 +32,14 @@ Now mount the LFS partition by running:
</literallayout></blockquote>
<para>
-Replace <quote>xxx</quote> by the partition's designation.
+Replace <quote>xxx</quote> by the partition's designation (like hda11).
</para>
<para>
-This directory (/mnt/lfs) is the $LFS variable I have written about earlier.
-So if the user somewhere reads to "cp inittab $LFS/etc" he actually will type
-<quote>cp inittab /mnt/lfs/etc</quote>. Or if he wants to use the $LFS
-environment variable, <userinput>export LFS=/mnt/lfs</userinput> has to be
-executed now. </para>
+This directory (/mnt/lfs) is the $LFS variable you have read about earlier.
+If you were planning to make use of the $LFS environment variable,
+<userinput>export LFS=/mnt/lfs</userinput> has to be executed now.
+</para>
</sect1>