Philippe Delavalade wrote: > > When I go to section 2.3 to create a file system "on the partition", > > the book says: > > > > ################ > > To create an ext3 file system on the LFS partition, run the > following: > > > > mke2fs -jv /dev/<xxx> > > > > Replace <xxx> with the name of the LFS partition (hda5 in our > previous > > example). > > ################ > > > > What should "<xxx>" be in the above example? > > > > I'm confused because the book speaks of "THE" LFS partition, as if > > there were just one, but there are obviously a number of partitions. > > The right one is / (/dev/sda6) and in next section you'll see that > you'll have to mount /usr (don't forget to create the filesystem for > it).
Thank you! But I still don't understand what I'm doing. How do I know which of the various devices (/dev/sdaN) is supposed to be used with mke2fs? I read the man page for mke2fs and it's as clear as mud. And the LFS book is completely unclear about exactly what is going on. Are you saying that I have to run mke2fs for EACH of the devices /dev/sda1, /dev/sda2 and so forth? I already know (please excuse my ignorance) that running mke2fs with /dev/sda completely wipes out the partitions I just made, so that's obviously not supposed to be done. > IMHO, the /boot can wait but you'll have to take it in consideration > later. I don't understand this at all. Later we mount the various partitions. Is that what you're referring to? Alan -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
