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diff --git a/chapter06/chapter06.xml b/chapter06/chapter06.xml index eff1c295b..4a168fac6 100644 --- a/chapter06/chapter06.xml +++ b/chapter06/chapter06.xml @@ -99,16 +99,12 @@ followed our example.</para> <blockquote><screen>filesystem devpts not supported by kernel</screen></blockquote> <para>The most likely cause for this is that your host system's kernel was -compiled without support for the devpts file system. You can check which file -systems your kernel supports by peeking into its internals with -<command>cat /proc/filesystems</command>. If a file system type named -<emphasis>devfs</emphasis> is listed there, then we'll be able to work around -the problem by mounting the host's devfs file system on top of the new -<filename>/dev</filename> structure which we'll create later on in the section -on <xref linkend="ch-system-MAKEDEV"/>. If devfs was not listed, do not worry -because there is yet a third way to get PTYs working inside the chroot -environment. We'll cover this shortly in the aforementioned -<xref linkend="ch-system-MAKEDEV"/> section.</para> +compiled without support for the devpts file system (you can check which file +systems your kernel supports with <command>cat /proc/filesystems</command>, +for example). A few PTYs are needed to be able to run the suites for Binutils +and GCC later on. If your kernel does not support devpts, do not worry, there +is another way to get them working inside the chroot environment. We'll cover +this shortly in the <xref linkend="ch-system-MAKEDEV"/> section.</para> <para>Remember that if for any reason you stop working on your LFS, and start again later, it's important to check that these file systems are mounted again |