Peter Ennis wrote:
I am using livecd 6.1.1-1 = Nice work :)
Thanks!
Below is a comment from LFS support
(using gmane: when is livecd available on gmane?)
about "bad advice" for the install-lfs-from-livecd hint.
Yeah, the hint wasn't written by us (LiveCD developers), so whatever the
author thought was a good idea was put in there. Just like googling for
advice, you need to be careful what other people suggest since it might
do more harm than good.
1. No clarification is made for what advice is
bad, so it does not help the hint get better.
I think the original thread stated it. Mostly that creating the lfs
user is a "good idea". I haven't read the hint to tell you anything
else. There really isn't a need for such a hint though, as using the
LiveCD is like using most normal hosts.
2. The issue of having to recreate the environment
is a problem that could do with an "approved" approach.
Just don't restart! ;) Or do what I do, start the sshd server, set a
root pw, and the box can sit in the corner without keyboard, mouse and
monitor for a week while you do it on your main system.
3. I have a gateway with PS2 keyboard and mouse
connected via USB/PS2 adapter and the mouse/keyboard
lock up randomly. The machine has nothing on it
and its purpose is to build from scratch using
the livecd.
Sounds like a hardware problem to me. Have you done heavy compiling on
the system before? Maybe it has some dust or bad fans?
Using the FBBG principle, after compiling binutils
with user lfs in /home/lfs, then get a lockup,
then reboot, I find the binutils dir gone, but
it is required to be kept around.
Are you mounting your hard disk to /home/lfs? It sounds like you are
building it in the LiveCD environment, meaning in memory. That won't
work. Mount a hdd somewhere and install on it!
Following the hint there would be no lfs user,
and compiling takes place in /mnt/lfs so nothing
is lost on reboot.
The lfs user may be optional in some peoples opinion, but building in
/mnt/lfs and more importantly on a hard disk and not memory is required!
I would like to see an "approved" solution
added in the README, along with an "approved"
hint that is also available with the README
on the livecd.
There isn't the need for one still in my opinion. You boot the CD, you
partition/format/mount your hdd to /mnt/lfs and start the LFS book.
There is normally nothing more to do.
It reflects badly on the project to provide
a hint and have it referred to as "bad advice"
on the support list.
Like I said before, we don't provide it, and you won't find it on the
LiveCD or referenced anywhere as far as I know.
Justin
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