Paul Rogers wrote:
My P6 build is now complete and it was successful. I was using jhalfs
to generate the scripts from the book's sources.
Given that, I went back and double checked my build scripts against the
book for binutils-2.25, libstdc++-4.9.2, Linux API headers-3.19, glibc-
2.21, & gcc-4.9.2, in Ch5 Pass 2 versions and Ch6. All the commands,
parameters, and verification output in the build scripts match the book
exactly. The host is an elderly i7 running LFS-7.2 i686 system. The
build failed checking GCC in Ch6-17.
Edgar, I'd suggest trying jhalfs. It is really a tool for developers,
but it's not that hard to use. You need subversion and the tools uses
to build the book (libxml2, libxslt, DocBook, and tidy). If you need
help getting it to run properly, I'll be glad to help.
All I'd need is DocBook.
If there is an issue with our instructions, we need to be able to
reproduce the problem, but right now, I am unable to do that. Of
course the problem may be a difference in HW, but using jhalfs would
isolate the HW from the book's instructions.
I guess I'll need to try that. Perhaps the scripts it generates will be
informative, in comparison to my own. Is there a jhalfs for the 7.7
book somewhere? The latest I see on the homepage NEWS is for LFS-6.5!
Just use the svn version:
svn co svn://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/ALFS/jhalfs/trunk jhalfs
I tried to fire up my P6 yesterday but there seemed to be a power
issue. I left it plugged in and today I noticed some LEDs flashing.
I tried to restart it and it worked. Curious. It's like a battery
needed to be recharged, but I don't know of any battery except maybe a
hwclock battery.
AFAIK, none of the CMOS clock batteries have ever been rechargable, not
even the Dallas Semi 24-pin clock modules. I had one in my 486. It
lasted 14 years but ultimately died and was replaced. The ubiquitous
Lithium coin batteries are certainly not rechargable.
I talked to some techs today and thy said it was probably a capacitor
problem in the power supply. If disconnected for an extended time, they
lose some of their properties. Most power supplies have some sort of
trickle current even when powered off. They said I should probably
replace the power supply, but that would probably cost more than the whole
system is worth.
$ lscpu
Architecture: i686
CPU op-mode(s): 32-bit, 64-bit
Byte Order: Little Endian
CPU(s): 2
On-line CPU(s) list: 0,1
Thread(s) per core: 2
Core(s) per socket: 1
Socket(s): 1
Vendor ID: GenuineIntel
CPU family: 15
Model: 4
Stepping: 1
CPU MHz: 3192.154
BogoMIPS: 6384.30
L1d cache: 16K
L2 cache: 1024K
$ cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 15
model : 4
model name : Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.20GHz
...
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca
cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx lm
constant_tsc pebs bts pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl cid cx16 xtpr
bogomips : 6384.30
clflush size : 64
cache_alignment : 128
address sizes : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
3G RAM
Actually I'm suprised a bit about the price on ebay: $130. A new PS is $40.
-- Bruce
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