On Sat, 2005-08-06 at 11:33 -0700, Srinath M wrote: > Hi all, > > Everything was going fine till I reached the stage where you install > the first package (binutils) from source. While copying the source from > the liveCD onto the hdd for unpacking, I started getting buffer I/O > errors and the file could not be copied. When I tried a second time > after rebooting, I was able to copy the file successfully. However, > some other files started to give similar problems. I tried it a third > time to confirm that this behavior was random. Sometimes, the system > would say 'tar' command not found, sometimes 'lynx' - cannot run > executable file or some such. > > Obviously, the CDROM drive on my Laptop has gone flaky. Now I'm looking > for an alternate method to start the installation. The 12 Gig HDD in my > Laptop is for all practical purposes blank. > > Any suggestions? > > Best Regards, > > Srinath Madhavan > > Free as in Freedom. May the source be with you! > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com
Hi Srinath, I had the same problems in one of my past attempts to compile LFS, of course it could be your CDROM drive, but in my case it was due to dirt accumulating on the disc surface, you know... scratchs are kinda lethal for a LFS LiveCD, so... have you tried to burn a new LFS LiveCD? Julio -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
