%general-entities; ]> Now that all of the software has been installed, it is time to reboot your computer. However, there are still a few things to check. Here are some suggestions: Install any firmware needed if the kernel driver for your hardware requires some firmware files to function properly. A review of the following configuration files is also appropriate at this point. /etc/bashrc /etc/dircolors /etc/fstab /etc/hosts /etc/inputrc /etc/profile /etc/resolv.conf /etc/vimrc /root/.bash_profile /root/.bashrc /etc/sysconfig/ifconfig.eth0 Now that we have said that, let's move on to booting our shiny new LFS installation for the first time! Unmount the boot partition: umount /boot Synchronize cached writes to prevent data loss on reboot without a fully functional init process: sync Now, reboot the system: reboot -ff -ff option allows to reboot the system without support from the init process. Assuming the GRUB boot loader was set up as outlined earlier, the menu is set to boot LFS &version; automatically. When the reboot is complete, the LFS system is ready for use and more software may be added to suit your needs.