TheOldFellow wrote on 06-02-07 09:41: > LFS is whatever YOU make it. The Linux Kernel is just part of LFS. > > Don't get mad at me, I wan't trying to get at you :-) You just seemed > to be saying that these things happened "'cos they did" - when actually, > when you understand them, they happen because they have been programmed > (by you) that way. There is no magick, just programming.
'OldFellow', I wasn't getting mad -- I am sorry I created that impression, and I never thought /you/ were! ;-) > 'If and when present' only means something when there is some program, > that you are running, that has been programmed to find said file and do > something with it. Can't argue with that. > BTW, I'm not reading your references, so you can save your time by not > searching them out. I understand the LFS bootscripts because I took the > time to read them, run them, and understand them, not because someone > told me how they worked. Red Hat's documents are not relevant to LFS > bootscripts. My references were not to imply authority in them, just to show rc.local is used as a last-run script also. FYI, I have never easily accepted any autohority, in real life, nor in the virtual life of my Linux system. Both are totally customized, and --to confine myself to just the latter now-- might be characterized by the less-than-neutral variant of the term 'unique'... ;-) > And like you, I've been doing this stuff for years, since the late > 1960's in my case. I think of UNIX System III as modern, and BSD as > some cranky American spin off for University geeks. I'm not called Old > for nothing ;-) The late 60-ies -- that sure commands respect. I honestly wish I could say that. I'd say relative age is unimportant, it's more the age at which you start something new that might be a factor. I may be younger, but I started with *Nix at a relatively late age, and I've always felt that as a setback. In any event, I don't see many differences of opinion or stance towards boot variants, distro's, LFS, etc. between myself on the one hand and you yourself and the other posters on the other. I guess I made the impression that some documents or standards or even habits are authoritative -- well, that's the last anyone knowing me (there's the real life again..) would expect from me, in general. > R. Kind regards, bjd -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
