LFS Installation disk creation
Hello there I've build my LFS system and i want distribute to my friends. Someone help me how can i do that. What are the possible ways to obtain this. Science is nothing but logic... My PGP Key ID : 0x1828F6A9 -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: LFS Installation disk creation
mathan kumar schrieb: I've build my LFS system and i want distribute to my friends. Someone help me how can i do that. What are the possible ways to obtain this. You should be able to just copy the partition. BUT: Your friends probably have different hardware. Therefore you'll run into trouble at some steps. - if you used compiler optimisations which are cpu specific the code might not work on another or older one - if the architecture is different, forget it -- different binaries - if you tailored the kernel speciffically for your hardware (mainboard, controllers etc.) it won't have the correct drivers for another board - the boot setup is different depending on what kind of harddisks (and controllers) and how many of them you had and your friends have ... and maybe some more problems I don't see right now. Cheers, Jan -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: boot problem LFS 6.5
On Tue, 2009-11-24 at 04:23 -0500, stosss wrote: IDE this is 5 or 6 year old hardware that still runs fine. I do have newer hardware in another box with SATA drives that will get LFS at some point. Not sure I'd have the patience to run an LFS build on something that old. I mean, I've been using LFS on my desktop machines since that machine was an old Pentium II, but I think knowing that there's better hardware available makes it more frustrating to wait for build times. My current machine is a couple of years old and good for a few more, but I just know I'd be happier with a new quad-core box... :) Simon. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: UDEV - Not Leaving Well Enough Alone
On Tue, 2009-11-24 at 20:29 -0600, al...@verizon.net wrote: Speaking of USB, I do have my own slide off topic. I've been wondering why people still prefer/use _internal_ opticals when USB, modern, versatile, sophisticated (like Blu-Ray) drives are so convenient, easy to share (especially with expensive burners), and easy to replace when, the next day after you got one, there's a new cheaper and better model hitting the market. Let alone mitigating the power woes of the machine. True, some are not dirt cheap yet. Because an external DVD writer costs on average three times what an internal one does, and offers roughly half the read and write speeds. It also adds clutter to my desk, and adds to the mess of cabling down the back of the desk, not to mention the inevitable bulky AC/DC adapter taking up several wall sockets. Simon. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: boot problem LFS 6.5
On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 5:06 AM, Simon Geard delga...@ihug.co.nz wrote: On Tue, 2009-11-24 at 04:23 -0500, stosss wrote: IDE this is 5 or 6 year old hardware that still runs fine. I do have newer hardware in another box with SATA drives that will get LFS at some point. Not sure I'd have the patience to run an LFS build on something that old. I mean, I've been using LFS on my desktop machines since that machine was an old Pentium II, but I think knowing that there's better hardware available makes it more frustrating to wait for build times. The entire build from start to finish and that includes booting into the new system was about 4 or 5 hours. I did not keep time by exact measure. Just noted about when I started and about when I finished. One of the big reasons it did not take longer is because I created a lot of shell scripts and ran them one after the other. Making sure my shell scripts were right took a lot longer. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: grub problem
1) grub's kernel/linux line, the root=/dev/[is_incorrect] parameter 2) fstab's: [is_incorrect] / root line Kernel may panic if it can't find its system in (1) Kernel may find (1), but (2) is wrong (1) and (2) can even be different if the kernel can use it. okay is there any other 64 bit boot loader that i can use instead of grub2? i have tried: installed kernel with every single thing with a * changing my device map to (sd0) /dev/sda rebooted = error kernel panic reverted to snapshot. tried changing fstab in every variation i could think of. rebooted every time error kernel panic reverted to snapshot. changed the /boot/grub/grub.cfg and the fstab with every variation i could think of. rebooted every time error kernel panic reverted to snapshot. it must be grub2 that is the problem. is there anything i can do? Or do i have to wait until the LFS book for 64 bit with grub2 gets out? thank you for your help -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: grub problem
On 11/25/09, su.sinnes wrote: is there anything i can do? We've all been down this road before ... whatever we do, grub doesn't seem to work ... You have gotten grub to load a kernel ... that is getting close. The key marked PrtScr SysRq can stop the display from scrolling while booting -- you have to be quick. / CTRL-Q resume scolling Can you get with pencil and paper the messages that happen just before the pan ic. Does kernel config include CONFIG_EXT3_FS=y -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: UDEV - Not Leaving Well Enough Alone
Bruce Dubbs wrote:- That works for you, but for most people, it's far easier to use a usb thumb drive with capacities in GB to do the same thing. Some very old systems do not have usb connections, but many, if not most, newer systems do not have a floppy drive. Parallel printer connections have gone away too. -- Bruce Bruce, i have to say that I agree, but I'm not sure who is using those old systems (that) do not have usb connections. When all we had in the way of removable media was floppy disks then there was no choice. However, they were unreliable then just as they are today. I remember buying packets of floppy disks only to find that when I started to use them some were faulty. Today we have a whole array of removable media from which to choose. It seems churlish, therefore, to select something that is built on outdated and unreliable technology. If I had my way I would round up all the floppy disks in the world and burn them, thus doing everybody a favour. And while I was at it I would throw all those clunky old fax machines onto the same fire. Richard -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: grub problem
The key marked PrtScr SysRq can stop the display from scrolling while booting -- you have to be quick. / CTRL-Q resume scolling Can you get with pencil and paper the messages that happen just before the panic. it did not work i think it's because im on a laptop and i need to hold down the fn key to use prt sc and sysrq, and it is not supported. neither did ctrl + s Does kernel config include CONFIG_EXT3_FS=y vim /boot/config-2.6.31.6 CONFIG_EXT3_FS=y its on. also CONFIG_ETX2_FS=y CONFIG_ETX4_FS=y thanks -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
5.5. GCC-4.4.1 - Pass 1
Greetings: I am the 5.5. GCC-4.4.1 - Pass 1 section in LFS 6.5 book using livecd. I run the command: ln -vs libgcc.a `$LFS_TGT-gcc -print-libgcc-file-name | sed 's/libgcc/_eh/'` and the results return: ( I ran it a couple of times) lfs:/mnt/lfs/sources/gcc-build$ ln -vs libgcc.a `$LFS_TGT-gcc -print-libgcc-file-name | sed 's/libgcc/_eh/'` bash: i686-lfs-linux-gnu-gcc: command not found ln: creating symbolic link `./libgcc.a': File exists I am missing some library that needs to run previously? Thanks. Roger -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: 5.5. GCC-4.4.1 - Pass 1
On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 9:30 AM, knothea...@gmail.com wrote: lfs:/mnt/lfs/sources/gcc-build$ ln -vs libgcc.a `$LFS_TGT-gcc -print-libgcc-file-name | sed 's/libgcc/_eh/'` bash: i686-lfs-linux-gnu-gcc: command not found ln: creating symbolic link `./libgcc.a': File exists You messed up when building Binutils/GCC. Rebuild both packages, following the book exactly. -- William Immendorf The ultimate in free computing. Messages in plain text, please, no HTML. -- Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- and if you use the program, he is your master. Richard Stallman -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: grub problem
2009/11/25 su.sinnes su.sin...@mail.com: 1) grub's kernel/linux line, the root=/dev/[is_incorrect] parameter 2) fstab's: [is_incorrect] / root line Kernel may panic if it can't find its system in (1) Kernel may find (1), but (2) is wrong (1) and (2) can even be different if the kernel can use it. okay is there any other 64 bit boot loader that i can use instead of grub2? Well, you could use lilo (which needs bin86) - see the clfs x86_64-64 book. But I don't think it will be an efficient way for you to proceed. If you get a kernel panic, that comes from linux - the bootloader has done it's job. In the parameters you give the bootloader, there is a line root=/dev/XYZ : you said you were using a SATA drive, sothe root would normally be on e.g. /dev/sda5. After that, it's down to the kernel's .config. Earlier, I think you said you were using vmware ? This is probably the key to the problem - I'm guessing it needs a specific disk driver, and perhaps that is not part of the linux kernel (because vmware is a proprietary product). Maybe there is a vmware support list or forum where you can ask for help ? ĸen -- After tragedy, and farce, OMG poneys! -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: 5.5. GCC-4.4.1 - Pass 1
2009/11/25 William Immendorf will.immend...@gmail.com: On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 9:30 AM, knothea...@gmail.com wrote: lfs:/mnt/lfs/sources/gcc-build$ ln -vs libgcc.a `$LFS_TGT-gcc -print-libgcc-file-name | sed 's/libgcc/_eh/'` bash: i686-lfs-linux-gnu-gcc: command not found ln: creating symbolic link `./libgcc.a': File exists You messed up when building Binutils/GCC. Rebuild both packages, following the book exactly. Alternatively, maybe a problem with $PATH (section 4.4). Failing that, did you fail to run 'make install' in section 5.5.1 ? ĸen -- After tragedy, and farce, OMG poneys! -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: grub problem
On 11/25/09, su.sinnes wrote: The key marked PrtScr SysRq can stop the display from scrolling it did not work i think it's because im on a laptop and i need to hold down the fn key to use prt sc and sysrq, and it is not supported. neither did ctrl + s OOPS, I might have typed before I had my coffee ... I might have meant the Pause Break key ... let me try that. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: grub problem
Ken Moffat wrote: Earlier, I think you said you were using vmware ? This is probably the key to the problem - I'm guessing it needs a specific disk driver, and perhaps that is not part of the linux kernel (because vmware is a proprietary product). Maybe there is a vmware support list or forum where you can ask for help ? I did a vmware build a while ago (looks like 2 years ago) -- LFS 6.3. I didn't have any problems there. I don't recall anything special, but all the IDE configs are on and also CONFIG_SCSI_BUSLOGIC. The cdrom is /dev/hdc and I had configured it for two drives so I have sda and sdb. -- Bruce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: invalid conversion from 'const char*' to 'char*'
--- Em qua, 30/9/09, William Immendorf will.immend...@gmail.com escreveu: De: William Immendorf will.immend...@gmail.com Assunto: Re: invalid conversion from 'const char*' to 'char*' Para: BLFS Support List blfs-supp...@linuxfromscratch.org Data: Quarta-feira, 30 de Setembro de 2009, 21:04 On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 6:52 PM, Fernando Oliveira fam...@yahoo.com.br wrote: Yesterday, I have installed gnome-games-2.18.2.1. ... What version of LFS and BLFS are you using? Gnome Games is not updated yet in SVN, I recommend you try a new version. William -- Sorry for taking so long, but I got stuck. First, I appreciate very much your response. After your post, I have tried the then newest version: gnome-games-2.28.0, then the version used in Ubuntu 9.05, gnome-games-2.26.3. After several dependencies met, the set of games has been built, and I could not do better, chess and sudoku did not work, so I reverted to the BLFS version gnome-games-2.18.2.1, with just blackjack missing. Afterwards I decided to star relearning C-language, hoping to change the programs every time a invalid conversion from 'const char*' to 'char* error appears, which it does quite frequently. It is taking too long to finish this, and I was postponing to reply after that, so my apologies again. []s, Fernando Oliveira Natal, RN, BRAZIL Veja quais são os assuntos do momento no Yahoo! +Buscados http://br.maisbuscados.yahoo.com -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: grub problem
On 11/23/09, su.sinnes su.sin...@mail.com wrote: Hi im stuck with grub, as soon as i restart i get into the grub shell I reserve the right to be wrong, but ... While you can't compile the old grub under 64bit, you could still use the old grub ... can't you? -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: UDEV - Not Leaving Well Enough Alone
Simon Geard wrote:
On Mon, 2009-11-23 at 18:29 -0600, al...@verizon.net wrote:
The last thing is to start a flame here; I still see a
need for floppies on Linux due to the relatively small
sizes of files in need to be quickly sneakered among
machines.
Is this a machine predating USB? I can't imagine any other reason not to
use flash drives for that purpose these days - dirt cheap, fit in a
pocket, and I've honestly no idea where I could buy a new floppy disk
these days...
Well, you don't use my machines, and on my machines, my rules
hold. When I bought a machine a few years ago, one of the first
things I did was put a floppy drive on it.
Remember the motto for LFS? My Machine, My Rules
Personally, I find arguing well you shouldn't be doing that
in cases like this to be non responsive to the OP's needs.
Whether you would chose to put a floppy drive on your machine is
irrelevant to the question. I use 'em. His question related to
why those extra devices were created, and that's what the
responses should address.
I have several machines I use which don't even HAVE USB interfaces,
nor a BIOS which could recognize them.
This is all IMO, of course.
Mike
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Re: UDEV - Not Leaving Well Enough Alone
Bruce Dubbs wrote:
That works for you, but for most people, it's far easier to use a usb
thumb drive with capacities in GB to do the same thing.
ISTM, this whole sub thread is plainly, and simply, OFF TOPIC.
Some very old systems do not have usb connections, but many, if not
most, newer systems do not have a floppy drive. Parallel printer
connections have gone away too.
Mike
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Re: UDEV - Not Leaving Well Enough Alone
Good morning, Am Mittwoch 25 November 2009 21:54:10 schrieb Mike McCarty: Simon Geard wrote: [...], and I've honestly no idea where I could buy a new floppy disk these days... http://www.floppydisk.com/ SCNR :) Well, you don't use my machines, and on my machines, my rules hold. When I bought a machine a few years ago, one of the first things I did was put a floppy drive on it. [...] I have several machines I use which don't even HAVE USB interfaces, nor a BIOS which could recognize them. I also own a rather old machine that serves as subversion repo and file server that can't boot from USB. To get a little more offtopic here, there are fears among some scientists that our modern age will end up as one of the worst documented ever. You can't read some old data disks if you don't have a respective device anymore, and there's a lot of knowledge available in the online world which is not conserved in printed form. Some documents printed on supermarket terminals fade away even faster than you need to keep them for warranty, there are even recommendations to take a photocopy for legal reasons (this might be a special thing due to German bureaucracy, though). IMHO the debade wether having a floppy drive or not are not only offtopic, but even completely meaningless. As long as you compile the driver for FDD controllers into the kernel... ;) Cheers, Jan -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
