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@@ -30,9 +30,10 @@
<para>When the kernel boots the system, it requires the presence of a few
device nodes, in particular the <filename
class="devicefile">console</filename> and <filename
- class="devicefile">null</filename> devices. The device nodes must be created
- on the hard disk so that they are available before <command>udevd</command>
- has been started, and additionally when Linux is started with
+ class="devicefile">null</filename> devices. The device nodes must be
+ created on the hard disk so that they are available before the kernel
+ populates <systemitem class="filesystem">/dev</systemitem>), and
+ additionally when Linux is started with
<parameter>init=/bin/bash</parameter>. Create the devices by running the
following commands:</para>
@@ -72,7 +73,7 @@ mknod -m 666 $LFS/dev/null c 1 3</userinput></screen>
mount -vt proc proc $LFS/proc
mount -vt sysfs sysfs $LFS/sys
mount -vt tmpfs tmpfs $LFS/run</userinput></screen>
-
+<!--
<variablelist>
<title>The meaning of the mount options for devpts:</title>
@@ -100,7 +101,7 @@ mount -vt tmpfs tmpfs $LFS/run</userinput></screen>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
-
+-->
<para>In some host systems, <filename>/dev/shm</filename> is a
symbolic link to <filename class="directory">/run/shm</filename>.
The /run tmpfs was mounted above so in this case only a