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| -rw-r--r-- | chapter01/changelog.xml | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter06/mtablink.xml | 27 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | index.xml | 4 |
3 files changed, 17 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml index 2ecbf679f..cbc9842b8 100644 --- a/chapter01/changelog.xml +++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml @@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ </itemizedlist> </para></listitem> +<listitem><para>February 3rd, 2003 [sklein]: Chapter 06: Changed +<filename>/etc/mtab</filename> from a symlink to a file.</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>January 29th, 2003 [gerard]: Chapter 06 - GCC: Changed the install target to install-no-fixedincludes.</para></listitem> diff --git a/chapter06/mtablink.xml b/chapter06/mtablink.xml index bf1045872..426ca2978 100644 --- a/chapter06/mtablink.xml +++ b/chapter06/mtablink.xml @@ -1,25 +1,22 @@ <sect1 id="ch06-mtablink"> -<title>Creating the mtab symlink</title> +<title>Creating the mtab file</title> <?dbhtml filename="mtablink.html" dir="chapter06"?> -<para>The next thing to do is to create a symlink pointing from -<filename>/etc/mtab</filename> to <filename>/proc/mounts</filename>. +<para>The next thing to do is to create the <filename>/etc/mtab</filename> file. This is done using the following command:</para> -<para><screen><userinput>ln -sf /proc/mounts /etc/mtab</userinput></screen></para> +<para><screen><userinput>touch /etc/mtab</userinput></screen></para> -<para>Creating this symlink avoids problems which can occur if -<filename class="directory">/</filename> is mounted read-only and the -information in <filename>/etc/mtab</filename> is stale (i.e. out of date). -By creating the symlink to <filename>/proc/mounts</filename>, we ensure that -the information on currently mounted devices is always up-to-date.</para> +<para>As of LFS-Bootscripts 1.11 this file is handled correctly +so there are no errors even when booting after a crash.</para> -<para>Note that using this symlink requires that you have support for the -proc filesystem compiled into your kernel. This support is included by -default, and should not be removed unless you <emphasis>really</emphasis> -know what you are doing, as some more things besides the -<filename>/etc/mtab</filename> symlink depend on proc being present. -In short, make sure you have proc filesystem support in your kernel.</para> +<para>Note that this requires +support for the proc filesystem to be compiled into the kernel. +This support is included by default. +Don't remove it +unless you <emphasis>really</emphasis> know what you are doing, +as other important things also depend on it. +In short, make sure proc filesystem support is enabled in the kernel.</para> </sect1> @@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ <!ENTITY book SYSTEM "book/book.xml"> -<!ENTITY version "20030129"> -<!ENTITY releasedate "January 29th, 2003"> +<!ENTITY version "20030203"> +<!ENTITY releasedate "February 3rd, 2003"> <!ENTITY ftp-root "ftp://ftp.linuxfromscratch.org"> <!ENTITY http-root "http://ftp.linuxfromscratch.org"> |