Changeset 651719a for chapter07/symlinks.xml

Timestamp:

02/21/2007 03:44:06 AM (17 years ago)

Author:

Bryan Kadzban <bryan@…>

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Children:

bf610ba

Parents:

659cc3d

Message:

Add a note about CD symlinks possibly not matching the host. Fixes the rest of #1963.

git-svn-id: ​http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@7927 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689

File:

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

chapter07/symlinks.xml

@@ -82 +82 @@
     at this time, because you have bind-mounted the host's
     <filename class="directory">/dev</filename> directory into the LFS system,
-    and we assume the symlinks exist and are correct on the host. The rules
-    will be created, along with the symlinks, the first time you boot your LFS
-    system.</para>
+    and we assume the symlinks exist on the host. The rules and symlinks will
+    be created the first time you boot your LFS system.</para>
+  
+    <para>However, if you have multiple CD-ROM devices, then the symlinks
+    generated at that time may point to different devices than they point to on
+    your host, because devices are not discovered in a predictable order. The
+    assignments created when you first boot the LFS system will be stable, so
+    this is only an issue if you need the symlinks on both systems to point to
+    the same device. If you need that, then inspect (and possibly edit) the
+    generated <filename>/etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-cd.rules</filename>
+    file after booting, to make sure the assigned symlinks match what you need.</para>
 
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