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diff --git a/chapter03/mounting.xml b/chapter03/mounting.xml deleted file mode 100644 index f29c49c11..000000000 --- a/chapter03/mounting.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,46 +0,0 @@ -<sect1 id="ch03-mounting"> -<title>Mounting the new partition</title> -<?dbhtml filename="mounting.html" dir="chapter03"?> - -<para>Now that we've created a file system, we want to be able to access -the partition. For that, we need to mount it, and have to choose a mount -point. In this book we assume that the file system is mounted under -<filename>/mnt/lfs</filename>, but it doesn't matter what directory -you choose.</para> - -<para>Choose a mount point and assign it to the LFS environment variable -by running:</para> - -<screen><userinput>export LFS=/mnt/lfs</userinput></screen> - -<para>Now create the mount point and mount the LFS file system by running:</para> - -<screen><userinput>mkdir -p $LFS -mount /dev/xxx $LFS</userinput></screen> - -<para>Replace <filename>xxx</filename> with the designation of the LFS -partition.</para> - -<para>If you have decided to use multiple partitions for LFS (say one for -<filename>/</filename> and another for <filename>/usr</filename>), mount -them like this:</para> - -<screen><userinput>mkdir -p $LFS -mount /dev/xxx $LFS -mkdir $LFS/usr -mount /dev/yyy $LFS/usr</userinput></screen> - -<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 is not mounted with -permissions that are too restrictive (such as the nosuid, nodev or noatime -options). You can run the <userinput>mount</userinput> command without any -parameters to see with what options the LFS partition is mounted. If -you see nosuid, nodev or noatime, you will need to remount it.</para> - -<para>Now that we've made ourselves a place to work in, we're ready to download -the packages.</para> - -</sect1> - |