From 651719a7cf4f11bebcaad55eb9144fbf53adbd23 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bryan Kadzban Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 03:44:06 +0000 Subject: Add a note about CD symlinks possibly not matching the host. Fixes the rest of #1963. git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@7927 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689 --- chapter07/symlinks.xml | 14 +++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'chapter07') diff --git a/chapter07/symlinks.xml b/chapter07/symlinks.xml index 5846a46e0..ef00e58f0 100644 --- a/chapter07/symlinks.xml +++ b/chapter07/symlinks.xml @@ -81,9 +81,17 @@ Note that it is not necessary to create the rules files or symlinks at this time, because you have bind-mounted the host's /dev directory into the LFS system, - and we assume the symlinks exist and are correct on the host. The rules - will be created, along with the symlinks, the first time you boot your LFS - system. + and we assume the symlinks exist on the host. The rules and symlinks will + be created the first time you boot your LFS system. + + However, if you have multiple CD-ROM devices, then the symlinks + generated at that time may point to different devices than they point to on + your host, because devices are not discovered in a predictable order. The + assignments created when you first boot the LFS system will be stable, so + this is only an issue if you need the symlinks on both systems to point to + the same device. If you need that, then inspect (and possibly edit) the + generated /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-cd.rules + file after booting, to make sure the assigned symlinks match what you need. -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf