Changeset 6f531d7
- Timestamp:
- 02/03/2003 11:01:33 PM (22 years ago)
- 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, v4_1, v5_0, v5_1, v5_1_1, 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
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- 2b114b25
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chapter01/changelog.xml
r2b114b25 r6f531d7 55 55 </itemizedlist> 56 56 </para></listitem> 57 58 <listitem><para>February 3rd, 2003 [sklein]: Chapter 06: Changed 59 <filename>/etc/mtab</filename> from a symlink to a file.</para></listitem> 57 60 58 61 <listitem><para>January 29th, 2003 [gerard]: Chapter 06 - GCC: Changed the -
chapter06/mtablink.xml
r2b114b25 r6f531d7 1 1 <sect1 id="ch06-mtablink"> 2 <title>Creating the mtab symlink</title>2 <title>Creating the mtab file</title> 3 3 <?dbhtml filename="mtablink.html" dir="chapter06"?> 4 4 5 <para>The next thing to do is to create a symlink pointing from 6 <filename>/etc/mtab</filename> to <filename>/proc/mounts</filename>. 5 <para>The next thing to do is to create the <filename>/etc/mtab</filename> file. 7 6 This is done using the following command:</para> 8 7 9 <para><screen><userinput> ln -sf /proc/mounts/etc/mtab</userinput></screen></para>8 <para><screen><userinput>touch /etc/mtab</userinput></screen></para> 10 9 11 <para>Creating this symlink avoids problems which can occur if 12 <filename class="directory">/</filename> is mounted read-only and the 13 information in <filename>/etc/mtab</filename> is stale (i.e. out of date). 14 By creating the symlink to <filename>/proc/mounts</filename>, we ensure that 15 the information on currently mounted devices is always up-to-date.</para> 10 <para>As of LFS-Bootscripts 1.11 this file is handled correctly 11 so there are no errors even when booting after a crash.</para> 16 12 17 <para>Note that using this symlink requires that you have support for the 18 proc filesystem compiled into your kernel. This support is included by 19 default, and should not be removed unless you <emphasis>really</emphasis> 20 know what you are doing, as some more things besides the 21 <filename>/etc/mtab</filename> symlink depend on proc being present. 22 In short, make sure you have proc filesystem support in your kernel.</para> 13 <para>Note that this requires 14 support for the proc filesystem to be compiled into the kernel. 15 This support is included by default. 16 Don't remove it 17 unless you <emphasis>really</emphasis> know what you are doing, 18 as other important things also depend on it. 19 In short, make sure proc filesystem support is enabled in the kernel.</para> 23 20 24 21 </sect1> -
index.xml
r2b114b25 r6f531d7 5 5 <!ENTITY book SYSTEM "book/book.xml"> 6 6 7 <!ENTITY version "20030 129">8 <!ENTITY releasedate " January 29th, 2003">7 <!ENTITY version "20030203"> 8 <!ENTITY releasedate "February 3rd, 2003"> 9 9 10 10 <!ENTITY ftp-root "ftp://ftp.linuxfromscratch.org">
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