Re: [blfs-support] Is it worth jumping in for me? / Can LFS be even more simple?

2021-02-06 Thread Bruce Dubbs via blfs-support
On 2/6/21 8:16 PM, 5--- via blfs-support wrote: Sure, that is the 'init' program (/sbin/init) which needs to be replaced. Than you can strip down your system to be a two-files-OS (1. kernel, 2. your init). Doubt whether it is really fun ;-) Thank you everyone for the replies. I tried this on a

Re: [blfs-support] Is it worth jumping in for me? / Can LFS be even more simple?

2021-02-06 Thread 5--- via blfs-support
Sure, that is the 'init' program (/sbin/init) which needs to be replaced. Than you can strip down your system to be a two-files-OS (1. kernel, 2. your init). Doubt whether it is really fun ;-) Thank you everyone for the replies. I tried this on a full linux distro and ran into trouble. A

Re: [blfs-support] Is it worth jumping in for me? / Can LFS be even more simple?

2021-01-11 Thread Thomas Trepl via blfs-support
Am Mittwoch, dem 06.01.2021 um 22:24 -0600 schrieb Paul via blfs- support: > I am interested in the idea of LFS to better understand Unix/Linux. I > have been using Linux (Ubuntu/Debian/Arch) as my desktop for several > years and it bothers me that I still don't understand A LOT about how it >

Re: [blfs-support] Is it worth jumping in for me? / Can LFS be even more simple?

2021-01-10 Thread Michael Shell via blfs-support
On Wed, 6 Jan 2021 22:24:21 -0600 Paul via blfs-support wrote: > Question 2: Is it possible to run a system using only the kernel, grub > (or other bootloader), maybe a compiler/libc if I need it, and a single > executible loaded by the kernel that I would write in C? Just for the record,

Re: [blfs-support] Is it worth jumping in for me? / Can LFS be even more simple?

2021-01-07 Thread Bruce Dubbs via blfs-support
On 1/7/21 10:14 AM, Paul via blfs-support wrote: On 1/7/21 1:34 AM, Christopher Gregory via blfs-support wrote: If you are strapped for time, there is an alternative.  You could use jhalf to build the lfs system, and then you have a fully working base system, and then you could boot into lfs

Re: [blfs-support] Is it worth jumping in for me? / Can LFS be even more simple?

2021-01-07 Thread Paul via blfs-support
On 1/7/21 1:34 AM, Christopher Gregory via blfs-support wrote: Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2021 at 6:48 PM From: "Bruce Dubbs via blfs-support" To: blfs-support@lists.linuxfromscratch.org Cc: "Bruce Dubbs" Subject: Re: [blfs-support] Is it worth jumping in for me? / Can LFS be even more

Re: [blfs-support] Is it worth jumping in for me? / Can LFS be even more simple?

2021-01-06 Thread Christopher Gregory via blfs-support
> Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2021 at 6:48 PM > From: "Bruce Dubbs via blfs-support" > To: blfs-support@lists.linuxfromscratch.org > Cc: "Bruce Dubbs" > Subject: Re: [blfs-support] Is it worth jumping in for me? / Can LFS be even > more simple? > > On 1/6/21 10:24 PM, Paul via blfs-support

Re: [blfs-support] Is it worth jumping in for me? / Can LFS be even more simple?

2021-01-06 Thread Bruce Dubbs via blfs-support
On 1/6/21 10:24 PM, Paul via blfs-support wrote: I am interested in the idea of LFS to better understand Unix/Linux. I have been using Linux (Ubuntu/Debian/Arch) as my desktop for several years and it bothers me that I still don't understand A LOT about how it works. I like the idea of being

[blfs-support] Is it worth jumping in for me? / Can LFS be even more simple?

2021-01-06 Thread Paul via blfs-support
I am interested in the idea of LFS to better understand Unix/Linux. I have been using Linux (Ubuntu/Debian/Arch) as my desktop for several years and it bothers me that I still don't understand A LOT about how it works. I like the idea of being able to simplify to the point where I understand