| 1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738394041424344454647484950 | <sect1 id="ch08-reboot"><title>Rebooting the system</title><para>Now that all software has been installed, bootscripts have been created, it's time to reboot the computer. Before we reboot let's unmount$LFS/proc and the LFS partition itself by running:</para><para><screen><userinput>umount $LFS/proc &&</userinput><userinput>umount $LFS</userinput></screen></para><para>And you can reboot your system by running something like:</para><para><screen><userinput>/sbin/shutdown -r now</userinput></screen></para><para>At the LILO: prompt make sure that you tell it to boot <emphasis>lfs</emphasis> and not the default entry which will boot yourhost system again.</para><para>After you have rebooted, your LFS system is ready for use and youcan start adding your own software.</para><para>One final thing you may want to do is run lilo, now that you arebooted into LFS. This way you will put the LFS version of LILO in the MBRrather than the one that's there right now from your host system.Depending on how old your host distribution is, the LFS version may havemore advanced features you need/could use.</para> <para>Either way, run the following to make the lilo version installedon LFS active:</para> <para><screen><userinput>/sbin/lilo</userinput></screen></para> <para>If you are wondering: "Well, where to go now?" you'll be glad tohear that someone has written an LFS hint on the subject at <ulinkurl="&hint-root;afterlfs.txt">&hint-root;afterlfs.txt</ulink>.On a same note, if you are not only newbie to LFS, but alsonewbie to Linux in general, you may find the newbie hint at <ulinkurl="&hint-root;newbie.txt">&hint-root;newbie.txt</ulink> very interesting.</para> <para>Don't forget there are several LFS mailinglists you can subscribeto if you are in need of help, advice, etc. See<ulink url="ch01-maillists.html">Chapter 1 - Mailinglists</ulink> formore information.</para> <para>Again, we thank you for using the LFS Book and hope you found thisbook useful and worth your time.</para></sect1>
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