> LFS 7.0 - win7->Oracle VirtualBox->Slackware 13 32bit host > > I've gone through the book verbatim less Perl Install. > > I managed t o get Grub to boot the LFS partition with tweaking the > default grub.cfg script only for the partition number: sda11. I get an > error during the kernel boot at about 4letter designations - as if sad1 > possibly is better than sda11. I'm not sure. But setting the Grub to > boot sda11 (my lfs drive) DOES cause the kernel to begin booting but I > get some pretty hideous errors before the the system just halts. > > I've make some screen shots available to help... they are here: > > ftp://archives/os/linux/linuxfromsratch/lfs/ Various *.png shots. > (not fastest bandwidth - on dated 32bit Cent OS FTP server) Numbers of > pictures Might not be in exact order but close..it was hard to catch the > screens as they scroll up quickly) > > One error was alarming: You should not be reading this error message. It > makes me wonder if I should start the book from scratch but this time > making my own scripts to make the process faster for me. I saw ALFS and > JALFS tools but think that might be more advanced than I need: just > write scripts and number them and do and so things in major passes. > > I'm determined to make my Own OS distribution with built in PLUGS and > special recognition for the LinuxFromScratch project as I really like > the idea of a group promoting "making your own and think you all should > get credit, and I'm only looking for credit where I can add my own code > and tools to and packages, repository system to help folks how I can > with my own programming abilities and contributions as a whole. > > I guess I'm wondering if these screens show a complete failure on my > part or show I'm PRETTY CLOSE to makeing this work. > > Previously I got Kernel Panic about mounting the virtual fs I assume in > the RAM one used during startup. > > Regardless - if I posted this info poorly, I apologize. While I am > waiting for feedback, I will begin a brandnew roll in a new Virtual OS > under slackware13 again and try to keep all the scripts to automate the > book so I can run chunks of it at a time and have a record of what I did > so I can go back and verify accuracy. > > In Short - I have a lot of faith in the team that put this book together > and I'm determined to nail it as I want to move on to the next books and > start tailoring a custom "distro" based on the tool suites I think are > quite useful. > > Thank you if you took the time to read this long message. > > Thank You > Jaosn P Sage - Frustrated but determined! APPENDED CORRECTION: (SORRY Wrong link originally)
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