11.3. Rebooting the System
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 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:
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You may need to copy source tarballs from your host system to the target machine via a USB stick, as the non-loopback network interfaces are not initialized properly in our build environment.
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A text mode browser such as Lynx will allow you to easily view the BLFS book in one virtual terminal, while building packages in another.
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The make-ca package will allow you to set up local trusted anchor certificates, allowing the system to verify SSL certificates provided by remote servers (for example, a website using HTTPS).
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The GPM package will allow you to perform copy/paste actions in your virtual terminals.
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Installing sudo may be useful for building packages as a non-root user and easily installing the resulting packages in your new system.
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If you want to access your new system from a remote system within a comfortable GUI environment, install openssh.
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To make fetching files over the internet easier, install wget.
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To connect to a wireless access point for networking, install wpa_supplicant.
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Finally, a review of the following configuration files is also appropriate at this point.
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/etc/bashrc
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/etc/dircolors
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/etc/fstab
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/etc/hosts
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/etc/inputrc
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/etc/profile
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/etc/resolv.conf
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/etc/vimrc
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/root/.bash_profile
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/root/.bashrc
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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 build environment:
logout
Unmount the boot and EFI parition:
umount -Rv /boot
Now, ensure all cached modification to filesystems really written into the disk:
sync
We don't have a fully functional init process, so we can't shut down cleanly here. Use Ctrl-Alt-Delete combination or the reset button to reboot.
Assuming the GRUB boot loader was set up as outlined earlier, the menu is set to boot LFS cross-la-r11.0-228-systemd automatically.
When the reboot is complete, the LFS system is ready for use and more software may be added to suit your needs.