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diff --git a/chapter03/chapter4.sgml b/chapter03/chapter4.sgml new file mode 100644 index 000000000..afba440da --- /dev/null +++ b/chapter03/chapter4.sgml @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +<chapter id="chapter04"> +<title>Preparing a new partition</title> + +&c4-introduction; +&c4-creatingpart; +&c4-creatingfs; +&c4-mounting; +&c4-creatingdirs; + +</chapter> diff --git a/chapter03/creatingdirs.sgml b/chapter03/creatingdirs.sgml new file mode 100644 index 000000000..4bc44e3e9 --- /dev/null +++ b/chapter03/creatingdirs.sgml @@ -0,0 +1,66 @@ +<sect1 id="ch04-creatingdirs"> +<title>Creating directories</title> + +<para> +Let's create the directory tree on the LFS partition according to the FHS +standard which can be found at <ulink +url="http://www.pathname.com/fhs/">http://www.pathname.com/fhs/</ulink>. +Issuing the following commands will create the necessary directories: +</para> + +<blockquote><literallayout> + + <userinput>cd $LFS</userinput> + <userinput>mkdir bin boot dev dev/pts etc home lib mnt proc root sbin tmp + var</userinput> + <userinput>for dirname in $LFS/usr $LFS/usr/local</userinput> + <userinput><literal> do</literal></userinput> + <userinput> mkdir $dirname</userinput> + <userinput> cd $dirname</userinput> + <userinput> mkdir bin etc include lib sbin share + src tmp var</userinput> + <userinput> ln -s share/man man</userinput> + <userinput> ln -s share/doc doc</userinput> + <userinput> ln -s share/info info</userinput> + <userinput> cd $dirname/share</userinput> + <userinput> mkdir dict doc info locale man nls misc + terminfo zoneinfo</userinput> + <userinput> cd $dirname/share/man</userinput> + <userinput> mkdir man1 man2 man3 man4 man5 man6 man7 + man8</userinput> + <userinput>done</userinput> + <userinput>cd $LFS/var</userinput> + <userinput>mkdir lock log mail run spool tmp</userinput> + +</literallayout></blockquote> + +<para> +Normally directories are created with permission mode 755, which isn't +desired for all directories. I haven't checked the FHS if they suggest +default modes for certain directories, so I'll just change the modes for +a few directories that make sense to change. The first change is a mode +0750 for the $LFS/root directory. This is to make sure that not just +everybody can enter the /root directory (the same you would do with +/home/username directories). The second change is a mode 1777 for the tmp +directories. This way every user can write stuff to the /tmp directory if +they need to. The sticky (1) bit makes sure users can't delete other +user's file which they normally can do because the directory is set in +such a way that every body (owner, group, world) can write to that directory. +</para> + +<blockquote><literallayout> + + <userinput>cd $LFS &&</userinput> + <userinput>chmod 0750 root &&</userinput> + <userinput>chmod 1777 tmp usr/tmp var/tmp</userinput> + +</literallayout></blockquote> + +<para> +Now that the directories are created, copy the source files you have +downloaded in chapter 3 to some subdirectory under $LFS/usr/src (you will +need to create this subdirectory yourself). +</para> + +</sect1> + diff --git a/chapter03/creatingfs.sgml b/chapter03/creatingfs.sgml new file mode 100644 index 000000000..76bbe247f --- /dev/null +++ b/chapter03/creatingfs.sgml @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +<sect1 id="ch04-creatingfs"> +<title>Creating a ext2 file system on the new partition</title> + +<para> +Once the partition is created, we have to create a new ext2 file system on +that partition. To create a new ext2 file system we use the mke2fs command. +Enter the new partition as the only option and the file system will be +created. If your partition is hda11, you would run: +</para> + +<blockquote><literallayout> + + <userinput>mke2fs /dev/hda11</userinput> + +</literallayout></blockquote> + +</sect1> + diff --git a/chapter03/creatingpart.sgml b/chapter03/creatingpart.sgml new file mode 100644 index 000000000..7cd7c9ea6 --- /dev/null +++ b/chapter03/creatingpart.sgml @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@ +<sect1 id="ch04-creatingpart"> +<title>Creating a new partition</title> + +<para> +Before we can build our new Linux system, we need to have an empty Linux +partition on which we can build our new system. I recommend a partition size +of around 750 MB. This gives you enough space to store all the tarballs and +to compile all packages without worrying running out of the necessary +temporary disk space. If you already have a Linux Native partition available, +you can skip this subsection. +</para> + +<para> +Start the fdisk program (or another fdisk program you prefer) with the +appropriate hard disk as the option (like /dev/hda if you want to create a +new partition on the primary master IDE disk). Create a Linux Native +partition, write the partition table and exit the fdisk program. If you get +the message that you need to reboot your system to ensure that the partition +table is updated, then please reboot your system now before continuing. +Remember what your new partition's designation is. It could be something +like hda11 (as it is in my case). This newly created partition will be +referred to as the LFS partition in this book. +</para> + +</sect1> + diff --git a/chapter03/introduction.sgml b/chapter03/introduction.sgml new file mode 100644 index 000000000..b19076cf8 --- /dev/null +++ b/chapter03/introduction.sgml @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +<sect1 id="ch04-introduction"> +<title>Introduction</title> + +<para> +In this chapter the partition that is going to host the LFS system is +going to be prepared. A new partition will be created, an ext2 file +system will be created on it and the directory structure will be +created. When this is done, we can move on to the next chapter and start +building a new Linux system from scratch. +</para> + +</sect1> + diff --git a/chapter03/mounting.sgml b/chapter03/mounting.sgml new file mode 100644 index 000000000..00b836156 --- /dev/null +++ b/chapter03/mounting.sgml @@ -0,0 +1,47 @@ +<sect1 id="ch04-mountingpart"> +<title>Mounting the new partition</title> + +<para> +Now that we have created the ext2 file system, it is ready for use. All we have +to do to be able to access it (as in reading from and writing date to it) is +mounting it. If you mount it under /mnt/lfs, you can access this partition +by going to the /mnt/lfs directory and then do whatever you need to do. This +book will assume that you have mounted the partition on a subdirectory +under /mnt. It doesn't matter which directory you choose, just make sure +you remember what you chose. +</para> + +<para> +Create the /mnt/lfs directory by runnning: +</para> + +<blockquote><literallayout> + + <userinput>mkdir -p /mnt/lfs</userinput> + +</literallayout></blockquote> + +<para> +Now mount the LFS partition by running: +</para> + +<blockquote><literallayout> + + <userinput>mount /dev/xxx /mnt/lfs</userinput> + +</literallayout></blockquote> + +<para> +Replace <quote>xxx</quote> by your partition's designation. +</para> + +<para> +This directory (/mnt/lfs) is the $LFS variable you have read about earlier. +So if you read somewhere to "cp inittab $LFS/etc" you actually will type +<quote>cp inittab /mnt/lfs/etc</quote>. Or if you want to use the $LFS +environment variable, execute <userinput>export LFS=/mnt/lfs</userinput> +now. +</para> + +</sect1> + |