swift 14/06/01 13:37:36 Modified: hb-install-system.xml Log: Fix bug #498968 - Add warning about non-installation media having different /dev/shm structure, as well as an in-document comment for future reference
Revision Changes Path 1.146 xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-system.xml file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-system.xml?rev=1.146&view=markup plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-system.xml?rev=1.146&content-type=text/plain diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-system.xml?r1=1.145&r2=1.146 Index: hb-install-system.xml =================================================================== RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-system.xml,v retrieving revision 1.145 retrieving revision 1.146 diff -u -r1.145 -r1.146 --- hb-install-system.xml 13 Apr 2014 11:58:00 -0000 1.145 +++ hb-install-system.xml 1 Jun 2014 13:37:36 -0000 1.146 @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <!-- The content of this document is licensed under the CC-BY-SA license --> <!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 --> -<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-system.xml,v 1.145 2014/04/13 11:58:00 swift Exp $ --> +<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-system.xml,v 1.146 2014/06/01 13:37:36 swift Exp $ --> <sections> @@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ to progress to that state. </abstract> -<version>37</version> -<date>2014-04-13</date> +<version>38</version> +<date>2014-06-01</date> <section> <title>Chrooting</title> @@ -109,6 +109,21 @@ # <i>mount --rbind /dev /mnt/gentoo/dev</i> </pre> +<!-- +Only warning for non-Gentoo installation media. The more other installation +media diverge from ours, the more difficult it will be to create proper +documentation. If this becomes a larger issue, we will need to include a +single warning up front, and perhaps have a wiki page where users can put the +differences, so that the installation instructions can focus on Gentoo-only +media. +--> +<warn> +When using non-Gentoo installation media, this might not be sufficient. +Some distributions make <path>/dev/shm</path> a symbolic link to +<path>/run/shm</path> which, after the chroot, becomes invalid. Making +<path>/dev/shm</path> a proper tmpfs-mount up front can fix this. +</warn> + </body> </subsection> <subsection>
