begin quoting Andrew P. Lentvorski, Jr. as of Mon, Mar 21, 2005 at 10:40:38PM -0800: > > On Mar 21, 2005, at 8:27 PM, Stewart Stremler wrote: > > >>This kind of thing is one of the reasons why I do like the fact that > >>*BSD compiles the kernel and basic libraries/commands simultaneously. > > > >So bootstrapping a new system into a different partition involves > >compiling the kernel? > > You *could* do it that way, but you don't have to. You probably need > to clarify what it is you mean.
Right now I'm playing with LFS. So I have a partition on to which I'm compiling everything, and then I'll (eventually) reboot on to that new partition. At the moment, compiling the kernel is towards the end of the process. If I were trying this on a BSD box, I presume it would come towards the beginning of the proces... -Stewart "Often needing to clarify what I mean" Stremler -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
