Hi Members > At this point, I'd rather install a dstro that LFS members recommend > as being compatible with LFS "stable" book version 7.0.
Amended please. That should read, "At this point, I'd rather install a host dstro that LFS members recommend as being compatible with the LFS "stable" book version 7.2 (the newest stable version)". source: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/downloads/stable/ Thank you Wally Lepore On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 8:14 PM, Wally Lepore <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Members, > > I hope to begin the journey of learning to build my own LFS distro and > have been reading the Essential Pre-Reading Guide for Life with LFS > (over and over) as well as the LFS book itself. I'm beginning to > become familiar with all the terminology and would like some advice on > choosing a host distro. This first step is daunting to say the least. > > I have accomplished quite a bit of reading over the past few weeks, > searched the LFS FAQ, scanned 3 months back on the lfs-support mailing > list, have utilized google search and would like to ask for additional > support before embarking on this first crucial step please. After all > the research, I am still confused as to which host distro to utilize. > > I was going to utilize the LFS LiveCD in a virtual box but not sure if > my legacy system will support a virtual machine (please see system > specs below).I have more than enough hard drive space and would like > to install the host distro to my hard drive (my system has two hard > drives). > > Last month I attempted to install Ubuntu numerous times but the > install failed half way through with an error message. After much > research I decided to look for another distro and was amazed at the > hundreds of choices. This led to a complete study of Linux and how one > distro differs from another. I decided to pull-back and install > nothing and simply read, study and learn. I have coded before but > nothing on a profesional lebel. Currently studying "C" language using > Code::Blocks. Also learned about learned about checksum and > interesting hints in regards to downloading and burning iso files. > > At this point, I'd rather install a dstro that LFS members recommend > as being compatible with LFS version 7.0. I would like to utilize > Debian as my host distro for the LFS build as many successful distro's > seem to be forked off Debian. Debian has a good package manager and > separates free and non-free software quite well. However after reading > Debian's installation procedure, I'm not sure If I have the technical > experience to install a distro that requires users to install multiple > CD's. I notice that other distro's offer their iso images that can fit > on one CD (this I would prefer). I did hear that Debian offers an iso > image that will -in fact- fit on one CD and is easy to install but I > have not been able to locate the link. > > Also, If any one can recommend a different distro and why or a distro > that historically has been a good match for Linux-From_Scratch I > would very much appreciate it? > > I am very familiar with distrowatch and many other support links but > considering the time and effort to install a distro I simply wanted to > be sure that the distro that I finally settle with is in fact a good > base. > > My system specs are: > > Motherboard: > iWill DVD266R Motherboard > featuring "Dual" Symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) > x86 Pentium III Coppermine processors (1 GHz each). > source: > http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/mainboards/display/iwill-dvd266-r.html > > RAM: > 1 gig DDR memory (4 gig max). > Supported DDR types > PC2100/PC1600 DDR SDRAM > PC133/PC100 SDRAM > > Peripheral Devices: > > Foppy Drive > Hard Drives > Maxtor IDE 40 gig Hard Drive (currently Running Windows 2000) Jumper > on drive set to Master > Western Digital E-IDE 80 gig Drive (currently empty).Jumper on drive > set to Slave. > Iomage 1 terabyte (external) > > CD-R/RW > DVD-R/RW > > USB: 2 ports USB 1.0 > > Based upon the above specs., it is my understanding that any distro > that is based upon the i386, i486, i586 and i686 architecture will be > compatible with my legacy system. > > Thank you very much > Wally Lepore -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
