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diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index 1b83d7ad2..f5cbd9f5b 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@
<itemizedlist>
+<listitem><para>August 26, 2003 [jeremy] - Chapter 04 -
+Mounting the LFS partition: Added text regarding mounting
+with too restrictive permissions.</para></listitem>
+
<listitem><para>August 26, 2003 [jeremy] - Chapter 06 -
Creating Directories: Added the creation of the /dev/shm
directory.</para></listitem>
diff --git a/chapter03/mounting.xml b/chapter03/mounting.xml
index aad021ca0..46c99f503 100644
--- a/chapter03/mounting.xml
+++ b/chapter03/mounting.xml
@@ -33,6 +33,12 @@ mount /dev/yyy $LFS/usr</userinput></screen></para>
<para>Of course, replace <filename>xxx</filename> and <filename>yyy</filename>
with the appropriate partition names.</para>
+<para>You should also ensure that this new partition doesn't mount with
+permissions which are too restrictive (such as the nosuid or nodev options).
+You can run the mount command with no parameters to see what options are in use.
+If you see nosuid or nodev on the LFS partition, you need to change your mount
+options.</para>
+
<para>Now that we've made ourselves a place to work in, we're ready to download
the packages.</para>