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| author | Bryan Kadzban <bryan@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2007-02-21 03:44:06 +0000 |
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| committer | Bryan Kadzban <bryan@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2007-02-21 03:44:06 +0000 |
| commit | 651719a7cf4f11bebcaad55eb9144fbf53adbd23 (patch) | |
| tree | 9793b68374a423342c21ba00a77769d1af8ca21d /chapter07 | |
| parent | 659cc3deea68e6461ba378c2a773d956eea390c8 (diff) | |
Add a note about CD symlinks possibly not matching the host. Fixes the rest of #1963.
git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@7927 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
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| -rw-r--r-- | chapter07/symlinks.xml | 14 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/chapter07/symlinks.xml b/chapter07/symlinks.xml index 5846a46e0..ef00e58f0 100644 --- a/chapter07/symlinks.xml +++ b/chapter07/symlinks.xml @@ -81,9 +81,17 @@ <para>Note that it is not necessary to create the rules files or symlinks at this time, because you have bind-mounted the host's <filename class="directory">/dev</filename> directory into the LFS system, - and we assume the symlinks exist and are correct on the host. The rules - will be created, along with the symlinks, the first time you boot your LFS - system.</para> + and we assume the symlinks exist on the host. The rules and symlinks will + be created the first time you boot your LFS system.</para> + + <para>However, if you have multiple CD-ROM devices, then the symlinks + generated at that time may point to different devices than they point to on + your host, because devices are not discovered in a predictable order. The + assignments created when you first boot the LFS system will be stable, so + this is only an issue if you need the symlinks on both systems to point to + the same device. If you need that, then inspect (and possibly edit) the + generated <filename>/etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-cd.rules</filename> + file after booting, to make sure the assigned symlinks match what you need.</para> </sect2> |