On 1/3/10 7:36 AM, "Mikie" <[email protected]> wrote: > > What is the difference using another user and substituting that username > elsewhere in the book? > Is the LFS user hardcoded in the kernel with special privileges?
As long as you're consistent (and changing the name for no particular reason makes it more difficult), there shouldn't be a problem. You set up the user "lfs" as owner of various directories and a member of specific groups earlier in the process; there's nothing magical about that particular name. I suggest following the directions, especially the first time through, rather than tinkering with them on the fly. > All I want is to build a minimal Linux system for embedded development. > Why is LFS so complicated? Because operating systems are complicated and LFS is intended to be educational. > Is there another alternative? Plenty, but they're probably not substantially less "complicated", unless you want to purchase a set of Montavista or Wind River tools, etc. > I don't see why the authors of LFS don¹t create a liveCD with the independent > tool chain ready to go and delete Ch 5. Because this would remove a significant part of the education value, in terms of providing a context for understanding how to abstract and isolate a build chain from a given host system. > Why put a newbie like me thru all this? Learning takes effort. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
