On Fri, Oct 07, 2011 at 05:24:04PM -0400, Chris Brennan wrote: > I apologize if I inadvertently flooded the list. Apparently my mail > client went stupid and kept trying to send my message but for some > reason it was being sent but it wasn't ... I don't know for sure. I've > switched back to the gmail interface for now till I can resolve my > client issue. didn't see if (so far). > > Below is my inline reply. > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > From: Chris Brennan <[email protected]> > Date: Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 1:42 AM > Subject: Re: Funky udev issue (I think) > To: [email protected] > > > On Thu, 6 Oct 2011 22:32:55 +0100 > Ken Moffat <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I know nothing of vBox, nor indeed of any other vm, but since nobody > > else reading the list has any suggestions, let's try and tease out > > some more information. Is vBox the same as VirtualBox ? > > Yes, vBox is VirtualBox. > > > > I've assumed you made partitions on a real disk. If the disk in > > your vm is virtual, then disregard these questions and the > > suggestion. > > I've created a VirtualBox virtual-disk to use. > > > You are running the HLFS LiveCD in vBox ? > > I must admit, LFS's website is a bit strange to follow for the > uninitiated. I have been unable to find a HLFS LiveCD, I assumed the > lfslivecd-x86_64-6.3-r2145.iso image was sufficient to get started and > following the HLFS handbook would give me the desired end-result. >
Sorry, I thought you had said you used the hlfs live CD. LFS-6.3 is getting long in the tooth - it *might* be good enough to build recent systems, but I've no idea. > > Did the partitions appear when you created them ? If so, did you > > do anything to them (e.g. mkfs, mount, ...) ? > > The first time I created them, yes, I was able to format them and then > mounted them, I had even started the download process, then I > killed'd the wrong process and my HLFS environment went down the tubes. > > > What is the host system on which vBox is running ? Does _it_ know > > that the new partitions are there ? If your machine isn't natively > > running linux, I will lose all interest ;-) > > The HostOS is Windows 7 and that shouldn't matter with a > VirtuaBox virtual disk. I have no problems if I boot a Gentoo LiveCD > and use their version of Parted, the problem is on the LFS-r2145 LiveCD > and or udev. I have been unable to determin which is truely at fault. > So, you can continue and recover the data using the Gentoo Live CD. Nobody is maintaining the LFS Live CD, AFAIK, so nobody will have any interest in further debugging. Sometimes, LFS gets classed as a distro, but we don't have the support infrastructure of regular distros. > > The point of this exorcise is to create a system the hardest possible > way for me to learn from, so of course I wouldn't take the easy way out > and use a DOS-style partition. I just wanted to find out of this was a > known issue, if I was being stupid or if this is a genuine bug in this > build of this LiveCD. > I think you'll probably find plenty of other problems to occupy your time ;-) ĸen -- das eine Mal als Tragödie, das andere Mal als Farce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
