> From: Michael Havens <[email protected]> > Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2014 14:56:11 -0700 > To: LFS Support List <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [lfs-support] Please, teach me how to fix problems. > . . > > > I typed in 'exit' until I got to the command prompt: > > > lfs@debian:~$ > > > the I su to root. Then I made the backups by > > > cp -rf sources/ tools/ lfs.backups/ > > > > > > (OK, not the way I'd do backups, but hey ... ). > > > > Presumably you're doing this in the $LFS dir, namely /mnt/lfs . > > > > If so, then you have created /mnt/lfs/lfs.backups/ . > > > > You want now to move the 'lfs.backups' dir outside of /mnt/lfs : move it > > to be under /home : so you should now have /home/lfs.backups/ . > > > > Don't worry about moving/removing anything else from under /mnt/lfs just > > yet: instead, see next question. > > > > ** Now, where is your backup of the toolchain that you did at end of > > chapter 5 ? ** > > > > (I know you wanted to push on with this on your Sunday. NB that it seems > > that you're ca 7-12 time-zones behind). > > > > > > > Now I: > > > chroot "$LFS" /tools/bin/env -i HOME=/root > > > and then I was going to "rm -rf" each individual directory but to make > > sure > > > things were right: > > > root@debian:/# ls > > > bin etc lfs.backups lost+found opt run sources > > > temptools usr > > > boot home lib media proc sbin srv > > > tmp var > > > dev initrd.img lib64 mnt root selinux sys > > > tools vmlinuz > > > root@debian:/# exit > > > exit > > > lfs@debian:/$ su > > > Password: > > > root@debian:/# ls > > > bin etc lfs.backups lost+found opt run sources > > > temptools usr > > > boot home lib media proc sbin srv > > > tmp var > > > dev initrd.img lib64 mnt root selinux sys > > > tools vmlinuz > > > The two directories are the same? To make sure they weren't I ls /home: > > > root@debian:/# ls home/ > > > lfs mike > > > root@debian:/# chroot "$LFS" /tools/bin/env -i HOME=/root > > > HOME=/root > > > root@debian:/# ls home/ > > > lfs mike > > > So both directories are the same So what to do now? > > > > > > > > > The above excerpt is completely irrelevant here. > > > > You (basically) don't need/want to be using 'chroot' here. . . > > In any case. I didn't create /mnt/lfs/lfs.backups/ as I backed up to / but
(The 'ls' outputs from above show it as seemingly being under both '/' and '/mnt/lfs' ). > I moved it to /home so now we are on the same page. OK. > As for the copy of > /tools I also put it in / . > _What_ "copy of /tools" ? The one you did at end of chapter 5 ? Or the one that you just did today ? akh -- -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
