Thanks guys, not being able to read the html-book on the new LFS system was my main problem. Now as my host and LFS kernels are different (minor number), I think I'll print out some of the BLFS book and plug away that way.
Regards, Donal On Fri, 2005-04-08 at 13:02, TheOldFellow wrote: > Andrew Benton wrote: > > Donal Farrell wrote: > > > >> Hi there. Is it possible to build BLFS from my host system (SuSE) until > >> I have a GUI-based LFS-system to view the BLFS manual, etc? > >> > > Do you mean "is it possible to do BLFS in chroot"? I think the answer is > > yes, provided you're running the same kernel on your host system as > > you'll be using with your BLFS system. I don't recommend it though as I > > think you're missing out on an important part of LFS if you don't learn > > to become comfortable at the command prompt (and wear some sackcloth and > > ashes while you're at it). If you get bored of entering the commands and > > want to avoid typos, think about putting all the commands in a script > > which can be left to run unattended. > > Andrew is right. What I do is to print out the BLFS pages for xorg and > all it's dependencies. I then download those packages using the host > system and store them on the new one. I also build the xorg config file > using the host - saves typing 'cos you can cut and paste. > > Then reboot into your LFS system and build the xorg dependencies, and > finally xorg itself. Building X11 outside X11 considerably speeds it up > too (will on my hardware). > > Don't script it the first time round, it spoils the fun. And spend some > time reading the man pages on the packages after you install them. > > Well done for getting this far, > R. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
