On Sat, 23 Jul 2005, Jean-Philippe Mengual wrote: > Hi everybody, > Next friday, I format my disk and put on it a system lfs, that I want > to do myself, I can't put up anymore my Debian, the automatisation > isn't perfect and do problems. But I want things to happen the best > it's possible, that's why I've two questions. > 1. The book makes me install header kernel and the kernel 2.4, but I > prefer a 2.6.11, because the APM works better, the sound also... So, > do I take a risk using a 2.6.11 instead of the 2.6.4 which is > suggested? If you think I mustn't do that, ill I be able to remove > 2.6.4 for 2.6.11, I prefer it?
Use the LFS-6.1 book, it's the current stable release with the 2.6.11.12 kernel. As you imply, using an earlier kernel is not usually a good idea. > 2. Is it a bad idea to build my new system from a knoppix, a live-cd? > Except it will take a lot of time, it's not a big problem, will be a > problem to use that? So, since I'm root on knoppix but I doyt risk to > break anything, do I have to add lfs user, or is it less important? > Thanks for your advise, I'd like in fact to have a 2.6.11 and to build > from nothing, so I use a knoppix, I'd like your opinion. > > Sincerely, > JP > You might want to search the archives at search.linuxfromscratch.org - I think I remember people having problems with knoppix (possibly, old versions, or possibly from the options in the knoppix kernel). Why not try the LFS live CD ? (http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/livecd/) Ken -- das eine Mal als Tragödie, das andere Mal als Farce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
