> Completing the LFS instructions successfully achieves a _working_ Linux > system, but not a _usable_ one in more than just the basic sense. IMO, it's > not time for some time yet to get rid of the host system. Pick and choose > the priority of packages you need from BLFS carefully. Continue to use the > host as you did with the chroot environment to build out with BLFS until you > get enough extras to make it functional stand-alone. Your host is still > useful. > > > Paul Rogers ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > http://www.xprt.net/~pgrogers/ > Rogers' Second Law: "Everything you do communicates." > (I do not personally endorse any additions after this line. TANSTAAFL :-) > Had the network and text browser packages been included in the LFS build , we could have straight away used it for installing additional packages without the need for any other host system .
> Sounds like you know what your next steps should be. :) All kidding asside. I > setup networking (including iptables) X, and links. Of course you'll probably > want to create a user account as well. > > After that, decide what applications you want to run and compile them. For that we still need a host system and our hard built LFS is not usable for this purpose. > Well, I agree what that the LFS book as to say about the state of a LFS system > at completion. > > "The system you have created in this book is quite minimal, and most likely > will not have the functionality you would need to be able to continue > forward. By installing a few extra packages from the BLFS book while still in > our current chroot environment, you can leave yourself in a much better > position to continue on once you reboot into your new LFS installation. > Installing a text mode web browser, such as Lynx, you can easily view the > BLFS book in one virtual terminal, while building packages in another. The > GPM package will also allow you to perform copy/paste actions in your virtual > terminals. Lastly, if you are in a situation where static IP configuration > does not meet your networking requirements, installing packages such as > Dhcpcd or PPP at this point might also be useful." > > Hmm.... Why doesn't that mention setting up iptables and configuring a > firewall? > But what about getting rid of the host system altogether ? Boovarahan S -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
