Changeset 19afc4e for chapter07

Timestamp:

06/20/2004 02:38:21 PM (20 years ago)

Author:

Matthew Burgess <matthew@…>

Branches:

10.0, 10.0-rc1, 10.1, 10.1-rc1, 11.0, 11.0-rc1, 11.0-rc2, 11.0-rc3, 11.1, 11.1-rc1, 11.2, 11.2-rc1, 11.3, 11.3-rc1, 12.0, 12.0-rc1, 12.1, 12.1-rc1, 12.2, 12.2-rc1, 6.0, 6.1, 6.1.1, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 6.6, 6.7, 6.8, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.5-systemd, 7.6, 7.6-systemd, 7.7, 7.7-systemd, 7.8, 7.8-systemd, 7.9, 7.9-systemd, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 9.0, 9.1, arm, bdubbs/gcc13, ml-11.0, multilib, renodr/libudev-from-systemd, s6-init, trunk, xry111/arm64, xry111/arm64-12.0, xry111/clfs-ng, xry111/lfs-next, xry111/loongarch, xry111/loongarch-12.0, xry111/loongarch-12.1, xry111/loongarch-12.2, xry111/mips64el, xry111/multilib, xry111/pip3, xry111/rust-wip-20221008, xry111/update-glibc

Children:

de1b856

Parents:

a942c0a

Message:

Added note that kernel doesn't set the screen font automatically when in maintenance mode (Alexander Patrakov)

git-svn-id: ​http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@3826 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689

File:

• chapter07/console.xml (modified) (1 diff)

chapter07/console.xml

@@ -96 +96 @@
 instructions are given in <xref linkend="ch-bootable-kernel"/>.  Doing this
 ensures that your keyboard will always work as expected, even when you boot into
-maintenance mode (by passing <parameter>init=/bin/sh</parameter> to the kernel), as in that
-situation, the <command>console</command> bootscript won't be run.</para>
+maintenance mode (by passing <parameter>init=/bin/sh</parameter> to the kernel),
+as in that situation, the <command>console</command> bootscript won't be run.
+Additionally, the kernel will not set the screen font automatically.  Again,
+this shouldn't pose too many problems as ASCII characters will still be handled
+correctly, and it is unlikely that you would need to rely on non-ASCII
+characters whilst in maintenance mode.</para>
 
 <para>Since the kernel will set up the keymap, you can omit the KEYMAP variable