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authorGerard Beekmans <gerard@linuxfromscratch.org>2001-04-14 22:40:08 +0000
committerGerard Beekmans <gerard@linuxfromscratch.org>2001-04-14 22:40:08 +0000
commit9ef3d9cf5580fbd1f5d93a969f3a5873b2cc4671 (patch)
treef261970eba789e9156afec097b121f0f987883aa /chapter08
parent908631a62ddf378934c7b83e4f9bab61e4c99a41 (diff)
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git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@511 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
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-rw-r--r--chapter08/lilo.xml19
-rw-r--r--chapter08/reboot.xml23
2 files changed, 28 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/chapter08/lilo.xml b/chapter08/lilo.xml
index 3c1d29157..598eb334f 100644
--- a/chapter08/lilo.xml
+++ b/chapter08/lilo.xml
@@ -20,9 +20,8 @@ First we'll exit chroot and copy the lfskernel file to the host system:
<blockquote><literallayout>
- <userinput>logout &amp;&amp;</userinput>
- <userinput>cp $LFS/boot/lfskernel /boot
- &amp;&amp;</userinput>
+ <userinput>logout</userinput>
+ <userinput>cp $LFS/boot/lfskernel /boot</userinput>
</literallayout></blockquote>
@@ -34,10 +33,10 @@ choose LFS when booting the computer:
<literallayout>
<userinput>cat &gt;&gt; /etc/lilo.conf &lt;&lt; "EOF"</userinput>
- image=/boot/lfskernel
- label=lfs
- root=&lt;partition&gt;
- read-only
+ image=/boot/lfskernel
+ label=lfs
+ root=&lt;partition&gt;
+ read-only
<userinput>EOF</userinput>
</literallayout>
@@ -77,5 +76,11 @@ in the $LFS/etc/lilo.conf file so that it does look for them in the
/boot directory.
</para>
+<para>
+As soon as we have booted into LFS we can run
+<userinput>/sbin/lilo</userinput> from the LFS system in order to have
+the latest Lilo version in the MBR.
+</para>
+
</sect1>
diff --git a/chapter08/reboot.xml b/chapter08/reboot.xml
index 2a71dd631..86926cd3c 100644
--- a/chapter08/reboot.xml
+++ b/chapter08/reboot.xml
@@ -3,16 +3,25 @@
<para>
Now that all software has been installed, bootscripts have been created,
-it's time to reboot the computer. The system is shutdown with
-shutdown -r now and rebooted into LFS. After the reboot a normal
-login prompt like on the normal Linux system comes up (unless XDM or
-some sort of other Display Manger is used (like KDM - KDE's version of XDM)).
+it's time to reboot the computer. Run a command like
+<userinput>/sbin/shutdown -r now</userinput> or
+<userinput>/sbin/reboot</userinput> to reboot your system and at the
+LILO: prompt make sure that you tell it to boot
+<emphasis>lfs</emphasis>.
</para>
<para>
-One thing remains to be done and that's setting up networking. After having
-rebooted and finished the next chapter of this book the LFS system is
-ready for use and can be used to do with it whatever is wanted.
+During the first boot you will get a few errors from syslogd and klogd.
+These errors occur because we haven't setup networking yet. That will
+be taken care of in the next chapter. So don't worry about those errors
+for now.
+</para>
+
+<para>
+As just stated, one thing remains to be done and that's setting up
+networking. After having rebooted and finished the next chapter of this
+book the LFS system is completely ready for use, and you can start
+adding your own software.
</para>
</sect1>