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<sect1 id="ch06-proc">
-<title>Mounting /proc file system</title>
+<title>Mounting the proc file system</title>
<?dbhtml filename="proc.html" dir="chapter06"?>
<para>In order for certain programs to function properly, the proc file
-system must be available from within the chroot'ed environment.
-A file system can be mounted as many times and in as many places
-as you'd like, so it's not a problem that the proc file system is already
-mounted on your host system, especially so because proc is a
+system must be available within the chroot'ed environment.
+As a file system can be mounted as many times and in as many places
+as you like, it's not a problem that the proc file system is already
+mounted on your host system -- especially so because proc is a
virtual file system.</para>
-<para>The proc file system is mounted under /proc by running the
-following command.</para>
+<para>The proc file system is mounted under
+<filename class="directory">/proc</filename> by running the
+following command:</para>
<para><screen><userinput>mount proc /proc -t proc</userinput></screen></para>