On 07/03/2016 20:09, "René Nidegger" wrote: > > > *Gesendet:* Montag, 07. März 2016 um 18:02 Uhr > *Von:* "Pierre Labastie" <[email protected]> > *An:* "LFS Support List" <[email protected]> > *Betreff:* Re: [lfs-support] Is the compiled kernel ending up on the same > machine that built it? > On 07/03/2016 16:54, "René Nidegger" wrote: >> Hi >> I have deciced that I want to build a Linux from scratch. It seems to >> me that the system (tht is the PC) that is building the kernel will >> also be the system that uses the kernel. >> Is this correct? >> I ask this because my intention is to have the my LSF on a system that >> does not yet have any Linux distribution installed. Will I be able to >> build the kernel in a Virtual Box on Windows >> and somehow transfer it to the target system including the boot sector? >> > How do you plan to do the transfer? Are you going to copy a virtual disk > to a real one? If so, it may be a better idea to use directly the target > real disk as the VM disk. If you do that, and the target machine is not > too different from the build machine (specially respective to CPU > capabilities), that seems doable. > > I currently do not have any plan for the transfer. This is part of the reason > for > my question. When I skimmed the LFS book on how to do that, I seemed to > find no instructions on how to transfer the kernel, hence I assumed > that the kernel needs to be built on the target machine. > > Since I have no experience with virtual disks, your suggestion currently > seems not a way forward to me. > > I now assume that I will first to install a linux from any distribution and > will then do the Linux from scratch. Am I right? > > Regards > René > >
That's how it is done usually. If you do not want to install, you may use a live cd, but that makes things a little slower. Pierre -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page Do not top post on this list. A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style
