From 230381d1210691777e0899128146cf2ce37a05fa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bruce Dubbs <bdubbs@linuxfromscratch.org>
Date: Mon, 16 May 2016 23:08:24 +0000
Subject: Editorial changes to the kernel section

git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@11062 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
---
 chapter08/kernel.xml | 27 ++++++++++++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

(limited to 'chapter08')

diff --git a/chapter08/kernel.xml b/chapter08/kernel.xml
index bbf268f20..3d8391d04 100644
--- a/chapter08/kernel.xml
+++ b/chapter08/kernel.xml
@@ -108,21 +108,22 @@ Device Drivers  ---&gt;
 
     </variablelist>
 
-<screen role="nodump"><userinput>make LANG=<replaceable>&lt;host_LANG_value&gt;</replaceable> LC_ALL= menuconfig</userinput></screen>
+<screen role="nodump"><userinput>make menuconfig</userinput></screen>
 
     <variablelist>
-      <title>The meaning of the make parameters:</title>
+      <title>The meaning of optional make environment variables:</title>
 
       <varlistentry>
         <term><parameter>LANG=&lt;host_LANG_value&gt; LC_ALL=</parameter></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>This establishes the locale setting to the one used on the host.
-          This is needed for a proper menuconfig ncurses interface line
-          drawing on UTF-8 linux text console.</para>
-
-          <para>Be sure to replace <replaceable>&lt;host_LANG_value&gt;</replaceable>
-          by the value of the <envar>$LANG</envar> variable from your host.
-          If not set, you could use instead the host's value of <envar>$LC_ALL</envar>
+          <para>This establishes the locale setting to the one used on the
+          host.  This may be needed for a proper menuconfig ncurses interface
+          line drawing on a UTF-8 linux text console.</para>
+
+          <para>If used, be sure to replace
+          <replaceable>&lt;host_LANG_value&gt;</replaceable> by the value of
+          the <envar>$LANG</envar> variable from your host.  You can
+          alternatively use instead the host's value of <envar>$LC_ALL</envar>
           or <envar>$LC_CTYPE</envar>.</para>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
@@ -161,6 +162,14 @@ Device Drivers  ---&gt;
     required to complete the installation. Some files need to be copied to
     the <filename class="directory">/boot</filename> directory.</para>
 
+    <caution>
+      <para>If the host system has a separate /boot partition, the
+      files copied below should go there. The easiest way to do that 
+      is to bind /boot on the host to /mnt/lfs/boot before proceeding:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput>mount --bind /boot /mnt/lfs/boot</userinput></screen>
+    </caution>
+
     <para>The path to the kernel image may vary depending on the platform being
     used. The filename below can be changed to suit your taste, but the stem of
     the filename should be <emphasis>vmlinuz</emphasis> to be compatible with
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