lfs/chapter05/proc.xml

<sect1 id="ch05-proc">
<title>Mounting $LFS/proc file system</title>
<?dbhtml filename="proc.html" dir="chapter05"?>

<para>In order for certain programs to function properly, the proc file system
must be mounted and available from within the chroot'ed environment as
well. It's not a problem to mount the proc file system twice
or even more than that, since it's a virtual file system maintained by
the kernel itself.</para>

<para>The proc file system is mounted under $LFS/proc by running the following 
command:</para>

<para><screen><userinput>mount proc $LFS/proc -t proc</userinput></screen></para>

</sect1>