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authorSimon Perreault <nomis80@videotron.ca>2001-04-21 16:47:37 +0000
committerSimon Perreault <nomis80@videotron.ca>2001-04-21 16:47:37 +0000
commit9a0cfdff035593e10b57ea7a89706c7f272f6ddc (patch)
treef7a38b9a7aa0cad1ca21f7f11a6f14774bea3f19 /chapter06
parent17c9ab2c369cedc90103aaabf2ad54626239bb74 (diff)
Reference to hint.
git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@538 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
Diffstat (limited to 'chapter06')
-rw-r--r--chapter06/introduction.xml10
-rw-r--r--chapter06/lilo-inst.xml13
-rw-r--r--chapter06/man-inst.xml6
-rw-r--r--chapter06/vim-inst.xml3
4 files changed, 30 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/chapter06/introduction.xml b/chapter06/introduction.xml
index 9e70afb8f..b72b22964 100644
--- a/chapter06/introduction.xml
+++ b/chapter06/introduction.xml
@@ -11,5 +11,15 @@ full instructions for each and every package. This is simply to avoid any
possible confusion and errors.
</para>
+<para>
+Now would be a good time to take a look at the <ulink
+url="http://archive.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs-hints/optimization.txt">optimization
+hint</ulink> if you plan on using compiler optimization for the packages
+installed in the following chapter. Compiler optimization can make a program run
+faster, but may also cause some compilation problems. If you run into problems
+after having used optimization, always try it without optimizing to see if you
+can reproduce the problem.
+</para>
+
</sect1>
diff --git a/chapter06/lilo-inst.xml b/chapter06/lilo-inst.xml
index 1d69545b0..63f9744c5 100644
--- a/chapter06/lilo-inst.xml
+++ b/chapter06/lilo-inst.xml
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
<title>Installation of Lilo</title>
<para>
+We have chosen Lilo because we feel confortable with it, but you may wish to
+take a look elsewhere. Someone has written a <ulink
+url="http://archive.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs-hints/GRUB-Howto.txt">hint on
+GRUB</ulink>, an alternative boot loader.
+</para>
+
+<para>
Install Lilo by running the following commands:
</para>
@@ -24,5 +31,11 @@ update. Don't do this as it has no use. The /etc/lilo.conf isn't present
yet. We will complete the installation of lilo in chapter 8.
</para>
+<para>
+Maybe you'll be interested to know that someone wrote a hint on how to get a
+logo instead the the standard LILO prompt or menu. Take a look at it <ulink
+url="http://archive.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs-hints/Bootlogo.txt">here</ulink>.
+</para>
+
</sect2>
diff --git a/chapter06/man-inst.xml b/chapter06/man-inst.xml
index a92e4cd46..b12d20ea3 100644
--- a/chapter06/man-inst.xml
+++ b/chapter06/man-inst.xml
@@ -24,4 +24,10 @@ Install Man by running the following commands:
<userinput>chmod 755 /usr/sbin/makewhatis</userinput>
</literallayout></blockquote>
+<para>
+You may want to take a look at the <ulink
+url="http://archive.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs-hints/man.txt">man hint</ulink>
+which deals with formatting and compression issues for man pages.
+</para>
+
</sect2>
diff --git a/chapter06/vim-inst.xml b/chapter06/vim-inst.xml
index 74ddfd688..104512118 100644
--- a/chapter06/vim-inst.xml
+++ b/chapter06/vim-inst.xml
@@ -6,8 +6,7 @@ If you don't like vim to be installed as an editor on the LFS system,
you may want to download an alternative and install an editor he
prefers. There are a few hints how to install different editors
available at <ulink
-url="http://cvs.linuxfromscratch.org/index.cgi/hints/editors/">
-http://cvs.linuxfromscratch.org/index.cgi/hints/editors/</ulink>
+url="http://archive.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs-hints/editors/">http://archive.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs-hints/editors/</ulink>
</para>
<para>