On 7/18/05, Coneway, Christopher Darius (Christopher) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Kevin, thanks.....ok so let me ask you this question. I have a machine with > windows and linux installed on it. I boot directly into the cd. Do I still > need to make another partitions for the lfs hda,hab(xxx ,yyy) or will it use > the linux partition?
Well, nothing about LFS is automatic (unless you use ALFS that is), so if you format and mount the partition as your /mnt/lfs, then it will be the one LFS is installed on. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kevin Jordan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, July 18, 2005 2:03 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: 5.3.1. Installation of Binutils > > > On 7/18/05, Coneway, Christopher Darius (Christopher) > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Greetings, I have a few questions concerning leading up to this > point and beyond . I'm also an newbie to Linux......but > learning :0) > > I have downloaded and burned the live cd and using it, I have > the LFS version 6.1 and downloaded the lived cd image. > Everything up to this point I believe is working? > But I do have questions: > 1)If I boot into the cd, this environment will create what I > need to start following the book correct? > > It will have everything you need to complete the steps in the book. > > > 2) Do I still needed to make those partitions hda5(xxx) and > hda?(yyyy), that are listed? > > Yes, you need to make (at least) two partitions: swap and root. > The swap will be where stuff is "swapped" out when memory use becomes > too heavy and old pages are written to disk and more frequently needed > ones are put in memory. > The root partition is where your filesystem hierarchy will be. This > will contain all the directories, such as usr, var, sbin, sbin, tmp, > etc. Although you can make the data in these folders stored on another > partition and mount them into the root filesystem into a directory using > the "mount" command. One frequently one that is done with this is the > boot partition since it is never really needed after the system is up > and if part of the root filesystem becomes corrupted while in use, > having boot on another partition can save some headache later. But you > can technically have it on the root filesystem withouth making another > partition for it. You don't even really need swap (assuming you have > enough RAM for what you plan to do), although 1.5-2x your RAM is the > usual recommendation, but you can have less, depending on your RAM > demands. > > > 3). The cd has all the packages and patches listed in the > sources directory. I'm to unzip each package for each step (not > all at once, and depending where I at in the book) into that > directory (once created) correct? > Then run the commands. I hope this is correct?? I have problems > in 5.3.1 at the : > > When doing this command ,I should be in the tools directory > correct? > mkdir ../binutils-build > cd ../binutils-build > now the problem: > > ../binutils-2.15.94.0.2.2/configure --prefix=/tools > --disable-nls > and I get the error message " No such file or directory. > Where should I be while doing this??? Or what did I miss??. > I'm logged in as Root, not lfs? > Thanks, Chris. > Yes, the CD has all the source packages and patches. > > The start to each section of the book assumes you are in the extracted > source directory for the packages. So for binutils, you would be in the > binutils source, and so the directories binutils-build and > binutls-2.1x.x.x.x should be the in the same directory since > mkdir ../binutils-build makes that in the directory one up from the > binutils source. I'm not sure if the book really states that point, or > if it does, it's not clearly emphasized since this is a very common > question. At this point you should be logged in as lfs. > > > -- > Kevin Jordan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > -- > http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support > FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html > Unsubscribe: See the above information page > -- > http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support > FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html > Unsubscribe: See the above information page > -- Kevin Jordan -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
