Ken Moffat wrote: > On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 01:40:47PM +0000, Richard Melville wrote: > >> Why not just use the latest stable kernel? I'm using 2.6.24 with LFS >> 6.2 and it works well. >> >> > I do so hope you mean 2.6.24.2 or greater. OK, not everyone has > untrusted users, but why build something with a known vulnerability. > OK, I know that the latest stable was .3 last time I looked, but > that fails headers_check because of a bogus change. > > Apart from regressions between kernel versions, particularly on > less-common equipment, there is also the need to update a working > config. Somewhere after 2.6.16, the IDE config details changed > (people using libata can refer to /dev/sda instead of /dev/hda) > which can make it interesting when you want to be able to boot both > old and new kernels (typically, mount by label - still need to pass > the correct root= in the bootargs). > > In general, I totally agree that people should update to a > newer stable kernel, but until they have a config which works, it > probably isn't the most productive thing to attempt. Even then, it > can sometimes go wrong (new options get wrongly used/ignored, or there > are new regressions). > > ĸen >
Ken, I forgot to mention that I'm working with the Live CD; I don't have a host system. I've been thinking that perhaps my best option is to start over again. (That's not discouraging; I consider it part of the learning experience.) I could: 1. Install Vector Linux 5.8 Standard, which is the distro that has best worked on my machine. 2. Run zcat on /proc/config.gz to obtain a known-good config file. 3. Copy the config file to a USB memory stick. [This, because the CD-ROM will be tied up with the Live CD. (My USB memory stick worked flawlessly with LFS 6.2.)] 4. Uninstall Vector Linux and start the LFS project anew, perhaps with Ver. 6.3, this time. (I could go the host system route, but prefer the Live CD method.) 5. When I reach the kernel compilation step, copy the config file from the USB stick to, for example, /usr/src/linux/ and compile by running “make oldconfig,” as I learned from you. Is it possible to back up what I have done so far to a USB memory stick? (The CD-ROM is not only tied up with the Live CD, it is read-only, so the USB stick is my only storage option.) If this is possible, I might even be able to rescue my present 6.2 project. Thank you Edward -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
