stuck at part 5.4 in the manual

2009-09-25 Thread aztec007
hey everyone, I have followed and done all the steps according to the manual up to part 5.4 and when I type: mkdir -v ../binutils-build it says: mkdir cannot creat directory '../binutils-build' : Permission denied What should I do? I set the permissions for this user back in step 4.3. I

Re: stuck at part 5.4 in the manual

2009-09-25 Thread Mike McCarty
aztec...@comcast.net wrote: hey everyone, I have followed and done all the steps according to the manual up to part 5.4 and when I type: mkdir -v ../binutils-build it says: mkdir cannot creat directory '../binutils-build' : Permission denied What does $ ls -ld .. say? How about

Re: stuck at part 5.4 in the manual

2009-09-25 Thread Robert Cox
you are in the wrong location of the file tree probably maybe only one . not two..? --- On Fri, 9/25/09, aztec...@comcast.net aztec...@comcast.net wrote: From: aztec...@comcast.net aztec...@comcast.net Subject: stuck at part 5.4 in the manual To: Linux From Scratch

Kernel panic - booting from USB harddisk

2009-09-25 Thread J.P.Kaper
I am building LFS from book 6.4 on an ext3 logical partition of an external USB harddisk. My host system is SUSE 10.3 on one of my two internal harddisks. Booting from the USB disk fails with [4.410067] Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block (2,0) In the

Re: stuck at part 5.4 in the manual

2009-09-25 Thread John Graham
What should I do? I set the permissions for this user back in step 4.3. I also tried to log back in as root but I never created a password for root, so I'm stuck as being the user 'lfs'. Not having a root password is a problem! Remember that when you enter the chroot, you're root - so get out

Re: Kernel panic - booting from USB harddisk

2009-09-25 Thread Mike McCarty
J.P.Kaper wrote: I am building LFS from book 6.4 on an ext3 logical partition of an external USB harddisk. My host system is SUSE 10.3 on one of my two internal harddisks. Booting from the USB disk fails with [4.410067] Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on

4.4. Setting Up the Environment

2009-09-25 Thread Lars Fabricius
cat ~/.bash_profile EOF exec env -i HOME=$HOME TERM=$TERM PS1='\u:\w\$ ' /bin/bash EOF -su: cannot create temp file for here document: Ikke mere plads på enheden (no more space on device) why do i get this error? I have 40 GB HD? -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support

Re: 4.4. Setting Up the Environment

2009-09-25 Thread John Graham
cat ~/.bash_profile EOF exec env -i HOME=$HOME TERM=$TERM PS1='\u:\w\$ ' /bin/bash EOF -su: cannot create temp file for here document: Ikke mere plads på enheden (no more space on device) why do i get this error? I have 40 GB HD? Could you post the output of running the command df?