On Mon, Sep 04, 2006 at 08:56:12PM -0400, Paul Fanning wrote: > > Thanks Ken, > > I did not realize I had fallen so far behind. As you can probably > guess, I have been progressing intermittently, and occasionally > backwards, using the LiveCD 6.1.1. I am now trying to figure out > whether to update to 6.2 or continue with what I have and upgrade > once it is built. If I switch to the newest LiveCD version, do I need > to go back and re-do the Chapter 5 build or can I use the Chapter 5 > host from 6.1.1 to build the newer version? I would really like to > get to the point of having a bootable Linux running. > > Paul
I've been here since the dark days of LFS-4 (before Greg and Ryan got the "pure LFS" stuff working), and I'm now an editor, so I'm not supposed to recommend anything other than FBBG ;) The real problems with using newer versions in chapter 6 are that you throw out the purity concept (same toolchain throughout the build), and nobody else has tested them from an 'old' chapter 5. To get a working system, I think your quickest way forward is to finish bulding the versions you started with. After that, search the list archives for the last 2 or 3 months to find out what people have had to upgrade for newer kernels (udev, bootscripts, ...). Alternatively, use your completed 6.1.1 to build 6.2 on a spare partition. I may be overlooking something, but I think the biggest problem with 6.1.1 is the kernel vulnerabilities. Unfortunately, recent kernels (2.6.16 or later) recommend a newer udev, which is where things can easily break. 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
