Changeset 8bfae90 for BOOK/introduction

Timestamp:

May 29, 2014, 12:40:16 AM (10 years ago)

Author:

Chris Staub <chris@…>

Branches:

clfs-3.0.0-systemd, master, systemd

Children:

e5ca899d

Parents:

cdc0f7c

Message:

Moved details about booting/chrooting from how.xml to choose.xml

Location:

BOOK/introduction/common

Files:

• changelog.xml (modified) (1 diff)
• how.xml (modified) (2 diffs)

BOOK/introduction/common/changelog.xml

@@ -38 +38 @@
 
     <listitem>
+      <para>29 May 2014</para>
+      <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[Chris] - Edited "how" page - removed details about
+          booting/chrooting and moved them to the "choose" page for temp-system.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+    </listitem>
+
+    <listitem>
       <para>25 May 2014</para>
       <itemizedlist>

BOOK/introduction/common/how.xml

@@ -22 +22 @@
   your machine, you may wish to use a livecd. Most distributions provide
   a livecd, which provides an environment to which you can add the required
-  tools onto, allowing you to
-  successfully follow the instructions in this book. Remember that if you
-  reboot the livecd you will need to reconfigure the host environment before
-  continuing with your build.</para>
+  tools onto, allowing you to successfully follow the instructions in this
+  book. Remember that if you reboot the livecd you will need to reconfigure
+  the host environment before continuing with your build.</para>
 
   <para><xref linkend="chapter-partitioning"/> of this book describes how
@@ -54 +53 @@
   <para>After we build our <quote>Cross-Tools</quote>, we start building
   a very minimal working system in
-  <filename class="directory">/tools</filename>. This minimal system will be
-  built using the cross-toolchain in
-  <filename class="directory">/cross-tools</filename>.</para>
+  <filename class="directory">/tools</filename>, using the cross-toolchain in
+  <filename class="directory">/cross-tools</filename>. Once the temporary
+  system is finished, we perform a few additional tasks to prepare to
+  enter this temporary build environment, either by booting or chrooting into
+  it. For more details about the difference between these methods, see
+  <xref linkend="ch-temp-system-choose"/>.</para>
 
-  <para>In <xref linkend="chapter-building-system"/>, the full CLFS system is
-  built. Depending on the system you are cross-compiling for, you will either
-  boot the minimal temp-system on the target machine, or chroot into it.</para>
-
-  <para>The <command>chroot</command> (change root) program is used to enter
-  a virtual environment and start a new shell whose root directory will be set
-  to the CLFS partition. This is very similar to rebooting and instructing the
-  kernel to mount the CLFS partition as the root partition.
-  The major advantage is that <quote>chrooting</quote> allows the builder to
-  continue using the host while CLFS is being built. While waiting for package
-  compilation to complete, a user can switch to a different virtual console
-  (VC) or X desktop and continue using the computer as normal.</para>
-
-  <para>Some systems cannot be built by chrooting so they must be
-  booted instead. Generally, if you building for a different arch than
-  the host system, you must reboot because the kernel will likely not
-  support the target machine. Booting involves installing a few
-  additional packages that are needed for bootup, installing
-  boot-scripts, and building a miminal kernel.<!-- We also describe some
-  alternative booting methods in <xref linkend="ch-boot-whatnext"/> --></para>
+  <para>In <xref linkend="chapter-building-system"/>, after having booted
+  or chrooted into the temporary build environment, the full CLFS system is
+  built.</para>
 
   <para>To finish the installation, several configuration files are created in
-  <xref linkend="chapter-system-config"/>, and the kernel and boot loader are set
-  up in <xref linkend="chapter-bootable"/>. <xref linkend="chapter-finalizing"/>
+  <xref linkend="chapter-system-config"/>, and the kernel and boot loader are
+  set up in <xref linkend="chapter-bootable"/>.
+  <xref linkend="chapter-finalizing"/>
   contains information on furthering the CLFS experience beyond this book.
   After the steps in this book have been implemented, the computer will be