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diff --git a/chapter06/mountproc.xml b/chapter06/mountproc.xml index e15c3546e..d1d91d9c1 100644 --- a/chapter06/mountproc.xml +++ b/chapter06/mountproc.xml @@ -6,29 +6,19 @@ <emphasis>proc</emphasis> and <emphasis>devpts</emphasis> file systems must be available within the chroot environment. Since kernel version 2.4 a file system can be mounted as many times and in as many places as you like, thus it's not a -problem that these file systems are already mounted on your host system -- +problem that these file systems are already mounted on your host system, especially so because they are virtual file systems.</para> +<para>First you need to become <emphasis>root</emphasis>, since probably only +<emphasis>root</emphasis> can mount these file systems.</para> + <para>The <emphasis>proc</emphasis> file system is the process information pseudo file system through which the kernel provides information about the -status of the system.</para> - -<para>The proc file system is mounted on -<filename class="directory">/proc</filename> by running the following -command:</para> +status of the system. Mount it on <filename class="directory">/proc</filename> +with:</para> <screen><userinput>mount proc /proc -t proc</userinput></screen> -<para>You might get warning messages from the mount command, such as -these:</para> - -<blockquote><screen>warning: can't open /etc/fstab: No such file or directory -not enough memory</screen></blockquote> - -<para>Ignore these, they're just due to the fact that the system -isn't installed completely yet and some files are missing. The mount itself -will be successful and that's all we care about at this point.</para> - <para>The <emphasis>devpts</emphasis> file system was mentioned earlier and is now the most common way for pseudo terminals (PTYs) to be implemented.</para> @@ -54,8 +44,8 @@ environment. We'll cover this shortly in the aforementioned <xref linkend="ch-system-MAKEDEV"/> section.</para> <para>Remember, if for any reason you stop working on your LFS, and start again -later, it's important to check that these file systems are still mounted inside -the chroot environment, otherwise problems are likely to occur.</para> +later, it's important to check that these file systems are mounted again before +entering the chroot environment, otherwise some problems could occur.</para> </sect1> |