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4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
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5 | %general-entities;
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8 | <sect1 id="ch-finish-reboot">
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9 | <?dbhtml filename="reboot.html"?>
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10 |
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11 | <title>Rebooting the System</title>
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12 | <para>
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13 | Now that all of the software has been installed, it is time to reboot
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14 | your computer. However, there are still a few things to check.
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15 | Here are some suggestions:</para>
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16 |
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17 |
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18 | <!--
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19 | The system you
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20 | have created in this book is quite minimal, and most likely will not have
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21 | the functionality you would need to be able to continue forward. By installing
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22 | a few extra packages from the BLFS book while still in our current chroot
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23 | environment, you can leave yourself in a much better position to continue on
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24 | once you reboot into your new LFS installation. Here are some suggestions:</para>
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25 | -->
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26 | <itemizedlist>
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27 | <!--
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28 | <listitem><para>A text mode browser such as <ulink
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29 | url='&blfs-book;basicnet/lynx.html'>Lynx</ulink>
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30 | will allow you to easily view the BLFS book in one virtual terminal, while
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31 | building packages in another.</para></listitem>
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32 |
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33 | <listitem><para>The <ulink
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34 | url='&blfs-book;postlfs/make-ca.html'>make-ca</ulink> package
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35 | will allow you to set up local trusted anchor certificates, allowing
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36 | the system to verify SSL certificates provided by remote servers (for
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37 | example, a website using HTTPS).</para></listitem>
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38 |
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39 | <listitem><para>The <ulink
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40 | url='&blfs-book;general/gpm.html'>GPM</ulink> package will allow
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41 | you to perform copy/paste actions in your virtual
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42 | terminals.</para></listitem>
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43 |
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44 | <listitem revision="sysv"><para>
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45 | If you are in a situation where static IP configuration
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46 | does not meet your networking requirements, installing a package
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47 | such as <ulink url='&blfs-book;basicnet/dhcpcd.html'>dhcpcd</ulink>
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48 | or the client portion of <ulink
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49 | url='&blfs-book;basicnet/dhcp.html'>dhcp</ulink> may be
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50 | useful.</para></listitem>
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51 |
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52 | <listitem><para>Installing <ulink
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53 | url='&blfs-book;postlfs/sudo.html'>sudo</ulink> may be useful for
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54 | building packages as a non-&root; user and easily installing the
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55 | resulting packages in your new system.</para></listitem>
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56 |
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57 | <listitem><para>If you want to access your new system from a remote system
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58 | within a comfortable GUI environment, install <ulink
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59 | url='&blfs-book;postlfs/openssh.html'>openssh</ulink>.</para></listitem>
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60 |
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61 | <listitem><para>To make fetching files over the internet easier, install
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62 | <ulink url='&blfs-book;basicnet/wget.html'>wget</ulink>.</para></listitem>
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63 |
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64 | <listitem><para>To connect to a wireless access point for networking,
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65 | install <ulink
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66 | url='&blfs-book;basicnet/wpa_supplicant.html'>wpa_supplicant</ulink>.
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67 | </para></listitem>
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68 | -->
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69 | <listitem>
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70 | <para>
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71 | Install any <ulink
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72 | url='&blfs-book;postlfs/firmware.html'>firmware</ulink> needed if the
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73 | kernel driver for your hardware requires some firmware files to function
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74 | properly.
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75 | </para>
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76 | </listitem>
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77 |
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78 | <listitem>
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79 | <para>
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80 | Ensure a password is set for the &root; user.
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81 | </para>
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82 | </listitem>
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83 |
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84 | <listitem>
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85 | <para>
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86 | A review of the following configuration files
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87 | is also appropriate at this point.
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88 | </para>
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89 |
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90 | <itemizedlist>
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91 | <listitem><para>/etc/bashrc </para></listitem>
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92 | <listitem><para>/etc/dircolors </para></listitem>
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93 | <listitem><para>/etc/fstab </para></listitem>
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94 | <listitem><para>/etc/hosts </para></listitem>
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95 | <listitem><para>/etc/inputrc </para></listitem>
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96 | <listitem><para>/etc/profile </para></listitem>
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97 | <listitem><para>/etc/resolv.conf </para></listitem>
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98 | <listitem><para>/etc/vimrc </para></listitem>
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99 | <listitem><para>/root/.bash_profile </para></listitem>
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100 | <listitem><para>/root/.bashrc </para></listitem>
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101 | <listitem revision="sysv"><para>/etc/sysconfig/ifconfig.eth0 </para></listitem>
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102 | </itemizedlist>
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103 | </listitem>
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104 | </itemizedlist>
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105 |
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106 | <para>Now that we have said that, let's move on to booting our shiny new LFS
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107 | installation for the first time!</para>
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108 |
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109 | <para>Unmount the boot partition:</para>
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110 |
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111 | <screen role="nodump"><userinput>umount /boot</userinput></screen>
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112 |
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113 | <para>Synchronize cached writes to prevent data loss on reboot without a
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114 | fully functional <command>init</command> process:</para>
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115 |
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116 | <screen role="nodump"><userinput>sync</userinput></screen>
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117 |
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118 | <para>Now, reboot the system:</para>
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119 |
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120 | <screen role="nodump"><userinput>reboot -ff</userinput></screen>
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121 |
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122 | <para><parameter>-ff</parameter> option allows to reboot the system
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123 | without support from the <command>init</command> process.</para>
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124 |
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125 | <para>Assuming the GRUB boot loader was set up as outlined earlier, the menu
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126 | is set to boot <emphasis>LFS &version;</emphasis> automatically.</para>
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127 |
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128 | <para>When the reboot is complete, the LFS system is ready for use. What you
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129 | will see is a simple <quote>login: </quote> prompt. At this point, you can
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130 | proceed to <ulink url="&blfs-book;">the BLFS Book</ulink>
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131 | where you can add more software to suit your needs.</para>
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132 |
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133 | <para>
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134 | If your reboot is <emphasis role="bold">not</emphasis> successful, it
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135 | is time to troubleshoot. For hints on solving initial booting problems, see
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136 | <ulink url="https://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/troubleshooting.html"/>.
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137 | </para>
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138 |
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139 | </sect1>
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