I think then that I will stay pure, even if laggard. 6.2 can wait.
At least I am expanding my Linux skills as I go. When I decided to
start this I was
drawing on some rusty Unix recollections from 20+ years ago at
university.
Paul
On 5-Sep-06, at 05:32, Ken Moffat wrote:
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
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