Having some problems with chapter 6

David2010 · 03-16-2010, 06:10 PM

Ok I have started chapter 6 but when I try to do this:

mknod -m 600 $LFS/dev/console c 5 1
mknod -m 666 $LFS/dev/null c 1 3

mount -v --bind /dev $LFS/dev

mount -vt devpts devpts $LFS/dev/pts
mount -vt tmpfs shm $LFS/dev/shm
mount -vt proc proc $LFS/proc
mount -vt sysfs sysfs $LFS/sys

It requires administrative privileges and it also says that proc is already mounted and sysfs is already mounted.

It didn't say if I am supposed to continue logged into the lfs user or as root but this says I need root to do these tasks.

So I ran these commands as root and proceeded. Does this mean something will go wrong because two of the virtual filesystems were "already mounted"?

crts · 03-16-2010, 06:50 PM

Hi,

which hostsystem and which book-version are you using?
A quote from the 6.5 book at the end of chapter 5:

Quote:

5.32. Changing Ownership
Note
The commands in the remainder of this book must be performed while logged in as user root and no
longer as user lfs. Also, double check that $LFS is set in root's environment.

And this most probably also applies for your version.

David2010 · 03-16-2010, 07:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by crts

Hi,

which hostsystem and which book-version are you using?
A quote from the 6.5 book at the end of chapter 5:

And this most probably also applies for your version.

Ok thanks that answers that question but what about the "already mounted" problem?

crts · 03-16-2010, 08:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by David2010

Ok thanks that answers that question but what about the "already mounted" problem?

I am not sure what exactly the problem is. As you describe it, you mounted it previously and then tried to mount it a second time.
What was the exact error message? It should have also told you the location where you tried to mount it.

If unsure that it has been mounted properly you can unmount it and remount it:

Code:

umount -v $LFS/sys
umount -v $LFS/proc
mount -vt proc proc $LFS/proc
mount -vt sysfs sysfs $LFS/sys