lfs-book/chapter09/reboot.xml

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  <title>Rebooting the System</title>

  <para>Now that all of the software has been installed, it is time to reboot
  your computer. However, you should be aware of a few things. The system you
  have created in this book is quite minimal, and most likely will not have
  the functionality you would need to be able to continue forward. By installing
  a few extra packages from the BLFS book while still in our current chroot
  environment, you can leave yourself in a much better position to continue on
  once you reboot into your new LFS installation. Here are some suggestions:</para>

  <itemizedlist>

    <listitem><para>A text mode browser such as <ulink
    url='&blfs-book;basicnet/lynx.html'>Lynx</ulink>
    will allow you to easily view the BLFS book in one virtual terminal, while
    building packages in another.</para></listitem>

    <listitem><para>The <ulink
    url='&blfs-book;general/gpm.html'>GPM</ulink> package will allow
    you to perform copy/paste actions in your virtual
    terminals.</para></listitem>

    <listitem><para>If you are in a situation where static IP configuration
    does not meet your networking requirements, installing a package
    such as <ulink url='&blfs-book;basicnet/dhcpcd.html'>dhcpcd</ulink>
    or the client portion of <ulink
    url='&blfs-book;basicnet/dhcp.html'>dhcp</ulink> may be
    useful.</para></listitem>

    <listitem><para>Installing <ulink
    url='&blfs-book;postlfs/sudo.html'>sudo</ulink> may be useful for
    building packages as a non-root user and easily installing the resulting
    packages in your new system.  </para></listitem>

    <listitem><para>If you want to access your new system from a remote system
    within a comfortable GUI environment, install <ulink
    url='&blfs-book;postlfs/openssh.html'>openssh</ulink> and its
    prerequisite, <ulink
    url='&blfs-book;postlfs/openssl.html'>openssl</ulink>.
    </para></listitem>

    <listitem><para>To make fetching files over the internet easier, install
    <ulink url='&blfs-book;basicnet/wget.html'>wget</ulink>.
    </para></listitem>

    <listitem><para>If one or more of your disk drives have a GUID partition
    table (GPT), either <ulink
    url='&blfs-book;postlfs/gptfdisk.html'>gptfdisk</ulink> or <ulink
    url='&blfs-book;postlfs/parted.html'>parted</ulink> will be useful.
    </para></listitem>

    <listitem><para>Finally, a review of the following configuration files
    is also appropriate at this point.  </para>

      <itemizedlist>
        <listitem><para>/etc/bashrc                  </para></listitem>
        <listitem><para>/etc/dircolors               </para></listitem>
        <listitem><para>/etc/fstab                   </para></listitem>
        <listitem><para>/etc/hosts                   </para></listitem>
        <listitem><para>/etc/inputrc                 </para></listitem>
        <listitem><para>/etc/profile                 </para></listitem>
        <listitem><para>/etc/resolv.conf             </para></listitem>
        <listitem><para>/etc/vimrc                   </para></listitem>
        <listitem><para>/root/.bash_profile          </para></listitem>
        <listitem><para>/root/.bashrc                </para></listitem>
      </itemizedlist>
    </listitem>
  </itemizedlist>

  <para>Now that we have said that, let's move on to booting our shiny new LFS
  installation for the first time! First exit from the chroot environment:</para>

<screen><userinput>logout</userinput></screen>

  <para>Then unmount the virtual file systems:</para>

<screen><userinput>umount -v $LFS/dev/pts
umount -v $LFS/dev
umount -v $LFS/run
umount -v $LFS/proc
umount -v $LFS/sys</userinput></screen>

  <para>Unmount the LFS file system itself:</para>

<screen><userinput>umount -v $LFS</userinput></screen>

  <para>If multiple partitions were created, unmount the other
  partitions before unmounting the main one, like this:</para>

<screen role="nodump"><userinput>umount -v $LFS/usr
umount -v $LFS/home
umount -v $LFS</userinput></screen>

  <para>Now, reboot the system with:</para>

<screen role="nodump"><userinput>shutdown -r now</userinput></screen>

  <para>Assuming the GRUB boot loader was set up as outlined earlier, the menu
  is set to boot <emphasis>LFS &version;</emphasis> automatically.</para>

  <para>When the reboot is complete, the LFS system is ready for use and
  more software may be added to suit your needs.</para>

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