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| author | Alex Gronenwoud <alex@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2003-10-22 22:26:46 +0000 |
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| committer | Alex Gronenwoud <alex@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2003-10-22 22:26:46 +0000 |
| commit | 360e2c43cd050de14a654927da9a7610af9e38ce (patch) | |
| tree | fa36484dc5954a41335c6ec7ddf0b305c020129d /chapter08 | |
| parent | 1612f40eb9f1b8ea766ea308e40d6b3fe14f6fc5 (diff) | |
Adding some markup and doing miscellaneous shuffles.
git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@3029 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
Diffstat (limited to 'chapter08')
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter08/fstab.xml | 13 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter08/grub.xml | 10 |
2 files changed, 12 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/chapter08/fstab.xml b/chapter08/fstab.xml index c52daee44..83ddc1ab3 100644 --- a/chapter08/fstab.xml +++ b/chapter08/fstab.xml @@ -32,12 +32,13 @@ end of the line should be replaced with <emphasis>0 0</emphasis>, as such a partition does not need to be dumped or checked</para> <para>The <filename>/dev/shm</filename> mount point for tmpfs is included to -enable POSIX shared memory. Your kernel must have the required support built -into it for this to work. More about this in the next section. Please note that -currently, very little software actually uses POSIX shared memory. Therefore you -can consider the <filename>/dev/shm</filename> mount optional. For more -information, see <filename>Documentation/filesystems/tmpfs.txt</filename> in the -kernel source tree.</para> +allow enabling POSIX shared memory. Your kernel must have the required support +built into it for this to work -- more about this in the next section. Please +note that currently very little software actually uses POSIX shared memory. +Therefore you can consider the <filename>/dev/shm</filename> mount point +optional. For more information, see +<filename>Documentation/filesystems/tmpfs.txt</filename> in the kernel source +tree.</para> <para>There are other lines which you may consider adding to your <filename>fstab</filename> file. One example is a line to use if you intend to diff --git a/chapter08/grub.xml b/chapter08/grub.xml index 0c59f4eef..6ed20b328 100644 --- a/chapter08/grub.xml +++ b/chapter08/grub.xml @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ Insert a blank floppy diskette and run the following commands:</para> dd if=/boot/grub/stage2 of=/dev/fd0 bs=512 seek=1</userinput></screen> <para>Remove the diskette and store it somewhere safe. Now we'll run the -<userinput>grub</userinput> shell.</para> +<userinput>grub</userinput> shell:</para> <screen><userinput>grub</userinput></screen> @@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ files -- you can use Tab everywhere to make Grub show the alternatives:</para> Don't run the command if this is not what you want. For example, you may be using a third party boot manager to manage your MBR (Master Boot Record). In this scenario, it would probably make more sense to install Grub into the -"boot sector" of the LFS partition, in which case the command would become -<userinput>setup (hd0,3)</userinput>:</para></warning> +"boot sector" of the LFS partition, in which case the command would become: +<userinput>setup (hd0,3)</userinput>.</para></warning> <!-- HACK - Force some whitespace to appease tidy --> <literallayout></literallayout> @@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ this scenario, it would probably make more sense to install Grub into the <screen><userinput>quit</userinput></screen> -<para>Now we need to create the <filename>menu.lst</filename> file, which -defines Grub's boot menu:</para> +<para>Now we need to create a "menu list" file, defining Grub's boot +menu:</para> <screen><userinput>cat > /boot/grub/menu.lst << "EOF"</userinput> # Begin /boot/grub/menu.lst |