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[b06ca36] | 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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[673b0d8] | 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 | ]>
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[87bae31] | 7 |
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[afcfd74] | 8 | <sect1 id="ch-partitioning-mounting">
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[87bae31] | 9 | <?dbhtml filename="mounting.html"?>
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| 10 |
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| 11 | <title>Mounting the New Partition</title>
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[673b0d8] | 12 |
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[9011f2d2] | 13 | <para>Now that a file system has been created, the partition must
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| 14 | be mounted so the host system can access it. This book assumes that
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| 15 | the file system is mounted at the directory specified by the
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| 16 | <envar>LFS</envar> environment variable described in the previous section.
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[5f28def] | 17 | </para>
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[2646c57] | 18 |
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[ee950a5e] | 19 | <para>Strictly speaking, one cannot <quote>mount a partition.</quote> One mounts the <emphasis>file
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[2646c57] | 20 | system</emphasis> embedded in that partition. But since a single partition can't contain
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| 21 | more than one file system, people often speak of the partition and the
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| 22 | associated file system as if they were one and the same.</para>
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[81fd230] | 23 |
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[9011f2d2] | 24 | <para>Create the mount point and mount the LFS file system with these commands:</para>
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[81fd230] | 25 |
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[5998892] | 26 | <screen role="nodump"><userinput>mkdir -pv $LFS
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[4e7e16d] | 27 | mount -v -t ext4 /dev/<replaceable><xxx></replaceable> $LFS</userinput></screen>
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[81fd230] | 28 |
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[9011f2d2] | 29 | <para>Replace <replaceable><xxx></replaceable> with the name of the LFS
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[87bae31] | 30 | partition.</para>
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[81fd230] | 31 |
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[9011f2d2] | 32 | <para>If you are using multiple partitions for LFS (e.g., one for
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| 33 | <filename class="directory">/</filename> and another for <filename
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| 34 | class="directory">/home</filename>), mount them like this:</para>
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[81fd230] | 35 |
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[5998892] | 36 | <screen role="nodump"><userinput>mkdir -pv $LFS
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[4e7e16d] | 37 | mount -v -t ext4 /dev/<replaceable><xxx></replaceable> $LFS
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[d7a9421] | 38 | mkdir -v $LFS/home
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| 39 | mount -v -t ext4 /dev/<replaceable><yyy></replaceable> $LFS/home</userinput></screen>
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[81fd230] | 40 |
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[0090db5] | 41 | <para>Replace <replaceable><xxx></replaceable> and
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| 42 | <replaceable><yyy></replaceable> with the appropriate partition
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[87bae31] | 43 | names.</para>
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[81fd230] | 44 |
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[d9c836bb] | 45 | <para>Ensure that this new partition is not mounted with permissions that are
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| 46 | too restrictive (such as the <option>nosuid</option> or
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| 47 | <option>nodev</option> options). Run the <command>mount</command> command
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[87bae31] | 48 | without any parameters to see what options are set for the mounted LFS
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[77a264e9] | 49 | partition. If <option>nosuid</option> and/or <option>nodev</option> are set,
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[9011f2d2] | 50 | the partition must be remounted.</para>
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[81fd230] | 51 |
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[9011f2d2] | 52 | <warning><para>The above instructions assume that you will not restart
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[54b3fb5] | 53 | your computer throughout the LFS process. If you shut down your system,
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[a04b192f] | 54 | you will either need to remount the LFS partition each time you restart
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[ad9fbd1] | 55 | the build process, or modify the host system's &fstab; file to automatically
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[9011f2d2] | 56 | remount it when you reboot. For example, you might add this line to your
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[ad9fbd1] | 57 | &fstab; file:
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[54b3fb5] | 58 |
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| 59 | <screen role="nodump">/dev/<replaceable><xxx></replaceable> /mnt/lfs ext4 defaults 1 1</screen>
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| 60 |
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| 61 | If you use additional optional partitions, be sure to add them also.
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| 62 |
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| 63 | </para></warning>
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| 64 |
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| 65 |
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[c226182] | 66 | <para>If you are using a <systemitem
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| 67 | class="filesystem">swap</systemitem> partition, ensure that it is enabled
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| 68 | using the <command>swapon</command> command:</para>
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| 69 |
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| 70 | <screen role="nodump"><userinput>/sbin/swapon -v /dev/<replaceable><zzz></replaceable></userinput></screen>
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| 71 |
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| 72 | <para>Replace <replaceable><zzz></replaceable> with the name of the
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| 73 | <systemitem class="filesystem">swap</systemitem> partition.</para>
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| 74 |
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[9011f2d2] | 75 | <para>Now that the new LFS partition is open for business, it's time to
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[87bae31] | 76 | download the packages.</para>
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[1422130] | 77 |
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[673b0d8] | 78 | </sect1>
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[81fd230] | 79 |
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