"Gerard Beekmans www.linuxfromscratch.org -*- If Linux doesn't have the solution, you have the wrong problem -*-"
------------ First - I had a laugh at your sig. Variation on a theme, but I like the pro-Linux spin. :-D Second - I linked to LFS and had a better look around than in the past (I've heard of it before, but I didn't know it was headed up in my own backyard!). ;-) After the Installfest (good fun, BTW! -- and I won a book! Hooway!), where I was trying to help a guy named Donovan load Slackware on a modified 486 without a boot floppy (and, without a good clue about how to make one myself) :-(, I realized I need to know the inner workings of the boot up procedure, kernel load, etc. better than just "put in a bootable CD-ROM". :-P So, I started building my own bootdisk using the ~/Linux-HOWTOs/Bootdisk-HOWTO and I've been learning a lot about boot vs. root, initrd, etc. But there's lots more to know (in /etc alone) :-P, and I was starting to get dizzy from the sheer number of all the other HOWTOs, etc. I would have to organize to get a cohesive understanding. Here's my question: What's the best way to get to know a Linux system intimately? LFS, User-Mode Linux, HOWTOs, combination thereof? Opinions welcome, including blatant self-promotion. ;-) Thanks, Curtis.
