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<sect1 id="ch05-proc">
<title>Mounting $LFS/proc file system</title>

<para>
In order for certain programs to function properly the proc file system
must be mounted and available from within the chroot'ed environment as
well. It's not a problem to mount the proc file system twice
or even more than that, since it's a virtual file system maintained by
the kernel itself.
</para>

<para>
The proc file system is mounted under $LFS/proc by running the following command:
</para>

<blockquote><literallayout>
	<userinput>mount proc $LFS/proc -t proc</userinput>
</literallayout></blockquote>

</sect1>