[SOLVED] Failed To Create Symbolic Link In Chapter 3 of LFS 6.8

gdawg · 06-12-2011, 01:58 PM

Hi,

After creating directory and attempting to create soft link I get the following output:

Code:

dhcppc0:~ # echo $LFS
/mnt/lfs
dhcppc0:~ # mkdir -v $LFS/tools
mkdir: created directory `/mnt/lfs/tools'
dhcppc0:~ # ln -sv $LFS/tools /
ln: failed to create symbolic link `/tools': File exists
dhcppc0:~ # df -h | grep $LFS
/dev/sdb6              12G  159M   12G   2% /mnt/lfs

Is this a problem? I also verified that LFS was set and mounted. Thanks for your help.

crts · 06-12-2011, 02:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gdawg

Hi,

After creating directory and attempting to create soft link I get the following output:

Code:

dhcppc0:~ # echo $LFS
/mnt/lfs
dhcppc0:~ # mkdir -v $LFS/tools
mkdir: created directory `/mnt/lfs/tools'
dhcppc0:~ # ln -sv $LFS/tools /
ln: failed to create symbolic link `/tools': File exists
dhcppc0:~ # df -h | grep $LFS
/dev/sdb6              12G  159M   12G   2% /mnt/lfs

Is this a problem? I also verified that LFS was set and mounted. Thanks for your help.

What is the output of

Code:

ls -l /

If /tools is a soft-link to $LFS/tools then you should be fine.

gdawg · 06-12-2011, 03:24 PM

Hi,

Thank you crts for your reply. This is the output of "ls -l /":

Quote:

drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 May 27 09:09 bin
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Jun 3 21:29 boot
drwxr-xr-x 19 root root 3880 Jun 12 14:02 dev
drwxr-xr-x 117 root root 12288 Jun 12 14:02 etc
drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4096 Jun 8 11:05 home
drwxr-xr-x 20 root root 12288 Jun 12 09:02 lib
drwx------ 2 root root 16384 May 26 14:47 lost+found
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 12 09:33 media
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Jun 8 09:03 mnt
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 18 06:48 opt
dr-xr-xr-x 164 root root 0 Jun 12 14:02 proc
drwx------ 29 root root 4096 Jun 12 14:10 root
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 12288 Jun 12 09:02 sbin
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 18 06:48 selinux
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 Jun 8 09:43 sources
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 May 26 14:47 srv
drwxr-xr-x 12 root root 0 Jun 12 14:02 sys
drwxrwxrwt 114 root root 4096 Jun 12 14:17 tmp
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 Jun 8 11:03 tools -> /mnt/lfs/tools
drwxr-xr-x 12 root root 4096 May 26 14:47 usr
drwxr-xr-x 16 root root 4096 Jun 3 21:29 var
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 May 26 14:47 windows

Does this look OK?

MTK358 · 06-12-2011, 03:31 PM

You already have a link called "tools" in you home directory that points to /mnt/lfs/tools.

MTK358 · 06-13-2011, 08:56 AM

@gdawg

The fact that you didn't think of "ls /" makes me think: are you familiar with the command line? If not, it's probably a better idea to learn it (see the tutorials in my sig, you can also search the Web) and get a bit more familiar with Linux before attempting LFS. That way, you actaully learn instead of copying and pasting commands.

gdawg · 06-14-2011, 08:20 AM

Thank you MTK358 for the tutorial links. I'm always eager to learn more about computers in general and linux in particular.

Kind regards,

Glen