I think /mnt/lfs/tools was created in ch5 and so I cp it to / the mkdir lfs.backups then mv sources and tools backups to it then mv lfs.backups to /home/ so I end up with /home/lfs.backups containing my backups of sources and tools. Regardless, I think I have the backups where you want them.
:-)~MIKE~(-: On Sun, Aug 3, 2014 at 3:02 PM, akhiezer <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 >
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