Changeset 6f531d7 for chapter06

Timestamp:

02/03/2003 11:01:33 PM (22 years ago)

Author:

Gerard Beekmans <gerard@…>

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

Children:

e4b9338

Parents:

2b114b25

Message:

applied seth's mtab changes

git-svn-id: ​http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@2415 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689

File:

• chapter06/mtablink.xml (modified) (1 diff)

chapter06/mtablink.xml

@@ -1 +1 @@
 <sect1 id="ch06-mtablink">
-<title>Creating the mtab symlink</title>
+<title>Creating the mtab file</title>
 <?dbhtml filename="mtablink.html" dir="chapter06"?>
 
-<para>The next thing to do is to create a symlink pointing from
-<filename>/etc/mtab</filename> to <filename>/proc/mounts</filename>.
+<para>The next thing to do is to create the <filename>/etc/mtab</filename> file.
 This is done using the following command:</para>
 
-<para><screen><userinput>ln -sf /proc/mounts /etc/mtab</userinput></screen></para>
+<para><screen><userinput>touch /etc/mtab</userinput></screen></para>
 
-<para>Creating this symlink avoids problems which can occur if
-<filename class="directory">/</filename> is mounted read-only and the
-information in <filename>/etc/mtab</filename> is stale (i.e. out of date).
-By creating the symlink to <filename>/proc/mounts</filename>, we ensure that
-the information on currently mounted devices is always up-to-date.</para>
+<para>As of LFS-Bootscripts 1.11 this file is handled correctly
+so there are no errors even when booting after a crash.</para>
 
-<para>Note that using this symlink requires that you have support for the
-proc filesystem compiled into your kernel. This support is included by
-default, and should not be removed unless you <emphasis>really</emphasis>
-know what you are doing, as some more things besides the
-<filename>/etc/mtab</filename> symlink depend on proc being present.
-In short, make sure you have proc filesystem support in your kernel.</para>
+<para>Note that this requires
+support for the proc filesystem to be compiled into the kernel.
+This support is included by default.
+Don't remove it
+unless you <emphasis>really</emphasis> know what you are doing,
+as other important things also depend on it.
+In short, make sure proc filesystem support is enabled in the kernel.</para>
 
 </sect1>