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@@ -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>