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diff --git a/chapter06/kernfs.xml b/chapter06/kernfs.xml index a82a03b96..0f925c979 100644 --- a/chapter06/kernfs.xml +++ b/chapter06/kernfs.xml @@ -1,10 +1,17 @@ <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> -<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd"> +<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [ + <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent"> + %general-entities; +]> <sect1 id="ch-system-kernfs"> <title>Mounting Virtual Kernel File Systems</title> <?dbhtml filename="kernfs.html"?> -<para>Create the dirs:</para> +<para>Various file systems exported by the kernel do not exist on the +hard drive, but are used to communicate to and from the kernel +itself.</para> + +<para>Begin by creating directories onto which the file systems will be mounted:</para> <screen><userinput>mkdir -p $LFS/{proc,sys}</userinput></screen> @@ -13,10 +20,18 @@ <screen><userinput>mount -t proc proc $LFS/proc mount -t sysfs sysfs $LFS/sys</userinput></screen> -<para>Do some <quote>fake mounts</quote>:</para> +<para>Remember that if for any reason you stop working on the LFS +system and start again later, it is important to check that these file +systems are mounted again before entering the chroot +environment.</para> + +<para>Additional file systems will soon be mounted from within the +chroot environment. To keep the host up to date, perform a <quote>fake +mount</quote> for each of these now:</para> <screen><userinput>mount -f -t ramfs ramfs $LFS/dev mount -f -t tmpfs tmpfs $LFS/dev/shm mount -f -t devpts -o gid=4,mode=620 devpts $LFS/dev/pts</userinput></screen> </sect1> + |