Changeset 54b3fb5 for chapter02

Timestamp:

01/26/2018 08:37:11 PM (6 years ago)

Author:

Bruce Dubbs <bdubbs@…>

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, 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/mips64el, xry111/pip3, xry111/rust-wip-20221008, xry111/update-glibc

Children:

a6fccf3

Parents:

89970f9

Message:

Add warnings about mounting /mnt/lfs and
the export of $LFS if restarting the host system. Add
comments to automate those actions.

git-svn-id: ​http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@11353 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689

Location:

chapter02

Files:

• aboutlfs.xml (modified) (1 diff)
• mounting.xml (modified) (1 diff)

chapter02/aboutlfs.xml

@@ -52 +52 @@
   <envar>LFS</envar> variable needs to be bash to ensure that the
   <filename>/root/.bash_profile</filename> file is incorporated as a part of
-  the login process.</para></note>
+  the login process.</para>
+  
+  <para>Another consideration is the method that is used to log into the
+  host system.  If logging in through a graphical display manager, the
+  user's <filename>.bash_profile</filename> is not normally used when
+  a virtual terminal is started.  In this case, add the export command to
+  the <filename>.bashrc</filename> file for the user and root.  In addition, 
+  some distributions have instructions to not run the <filename>.bashrc</filename> 
+  instructions in a non-interactive bash invocation.  Be sure to add the
+  export command before the test for non-interactive use.</para>
+  
+  </note>
 
 </sect1>

chapter02/mounting.xml

@@ -46 +46 @@
   the partition will need to be remounted.</para>
 
+  <warning><para>The above instructions assume that you will not be restarting
+  your computer throughout the LFS process.  If you shut down your system,
+  you will either need to remount the LFS partition each time you restart 
+  the build process or modify your host system's /etc/fstab file to automatically 
+  remount it upon boot.  For example:
+
+<screen role="nodump">/dev/<replaceable>&lt;xxx&gt;</replaceable>  /mnt/lfs ext4   defaults      1     1</screen>
+
+  If you use additional optional partitions, be sure to add them also.
+
+  </para></warning>
+
+
   <para>If you are using a <systemitem
   class="filesystem">swap</systemitem> partition, ensure that it is enabled