Author: bryan
Date: 2007-02-20 20:44:06 -0700 (Tue, 20 Feb 2007)
New Revision: 7927
Modified:
trunk/BOOK/chapter01/changelog.xml
trunk/BOOK/chapter07/symlinks.xml
trunk/BOOK/general.ent
Log:
Add a note about CD symlinks possibly not matching the host. Fixes the rest of
#1963.
Modified: trunk/BOOK/chapter01/changelog.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/chapter01/changelog.xml 2007-02-18 13:59:36 UTC (rev 7926)
+++ trunk/BOOK/chapter01/changelog.xml 2007-02-21 03:44:06 UTC (rev 7927)
@@ -37,6 +37,17 @@
-->
<listitem>
+ <para>2007-02-20</para>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>[bryan] - Add a comment about CD symlinks possibly not matching
+ the host in section 7.12.2. Should fix the rest of
+ <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;1963">#1963</ulink>.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
<para>2007-02-18</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
Modified: trunk/BOOK/chapter07/symlinks.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/chapter07/symlinks.xml 2007-02-18 13:59:36 UTC (rev 7926)
+++ trunk/BOOK/chapter07/symlinks.xml 2007-02-21 03:44:06 UTC (rev 7927)
@@ -81,9 +81,17 @@
<para>Note that it is not necessary to create the rules files or symlinks
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>
</sect2>
Modified: trunk/BOOK/general.ent
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/general.ent 2007-02-18 13:59:36 UTC (rev 7926)
+++ trunk/BOOK/general.ent 2007-02-21 03:44:06 UTC (rev 7927)
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
-<!ENTITY version "SVN-20070217">
-<!ENTITY releasedate "February 17, 2007">
+<!ENTITY version "SVN-20070220">
+<!ENTITY releasedate "February 20, 2007">
<!ENTITY milestone "6.3">
<!ENTITY generic-version "development"> <!-- Use "development", "testing", or
"x.y[-pre{x}]" -->
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