On 11/03/2017 16:39, Hazel Russman wrote: > I would like to build LFS-8.0 on my laptop using the toolkit I created for my > desktop build. I tarred it up before making the final adjustments to gcc and > ld. I have never done this before and I would like to run through my proposed > procedure so that more experienced people can tell me if I'm leaving anything > essential out. The host system will be LFS-7.8. > > 1. Make a new partition and format it for ext4. > 2. Mount it on $LFS. > 3. Create $LFS/sources and give myself write access. I intend to populate it > from the desktop machine using ftp. > 4. Create $LFS/tools by unpacking the tools tarball into $LFS. > 5. Create the /tools link to $LFS/tools. > 6. Continue from the beginning of Chapter 6. > > As far as I can see, I shall not need an LFS user for this build. Is that > correct? >
AFAICS, that should work. I'm not sure you need the /tools link, but it won't hurt. Good luck! 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
