I used the latest debian live cd (debian-live-6.0.1-i386-gnome-desktop.iso), the Internet worked fine out of the box for me.
To get the script in section vii. Host System Requirements reporting that all is well, try... sudo su - ln -f -s /bin/bash /bin/sh apt-get install binutils bison gawk build-essential On 18 July 2011 19:17, Mike McCarty <[email protected]> wrote: > Bruce Dubbs wrote: > > [...] > >> It may not detect the network card. The live CD is no longer supported. >> >> You can test a little more with `ifconfig -a`. If eth0 does not show up >> then, the card is probably more recent than the iso. >> >> Try using a more recent livecd from http://www.livecdlist.com/ > > Good advice as far as it goes, but many of those LiveCDs on the list > don't have a development environment on them. So, I'll add: > > Eschew the "small" ones. I like Knoppix. The 6.4.4 version is nice, > It likes to boot Ariadne, which you probably won't want, unless you > are seeing impaired. So when you boot, specify knoppix. You get > a pretty good choice of window managers. If you use/like LXDE, then > one little "gotcha" is that by default it only has one workspace, > and no manager installed on the tool bar. Right click on the > tool bar near the right, and you'll get the option to add the > workspace manager: > > Add/Remove Panel Items -> +Add -> Desktop Pager > > Click +Add at the bottom to confirm, and you'll get four workspaces, > which I find nice. One for "work", one for a copy of the book, one > for a browser. > > If you can boot from a DVD, it's got more stuff on it, though it takes > a while to download. The CD is adequate, I believe. I just booted > up the CD version in a virtual machine, to check whether GCC is > installed, and it's there. > > Anything else you need can be "apt-get install" ed, though it won't > persist between boots, of course. I used Knoppix to recover a crashed > disc recently, and while I can't say I enjoyed the experience, I was > very adequate. > > Mike > -- > p="p=%c%s%c;main(){printf(p,34,p,34);}";main(){printf(p,34,p,34);} > Oppose globalization and One World Governments like the UN. > This message made from 100% recycled bits. > You have found the bank of Larn. > I speak only for myself, and I am unanimous in that! > -- > http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support > FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html > Unsubscribe: See the above information page > -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
