I started reading 7.0, and I was doing OK until about Chapter 5. Until I
realized that some of my directories didn't seem right. Somehow I ended up
with just a sources directory on the LFS partition. I'm not a hardened
expert in Linux yet, but I do have some knowledge and I have alot of
On 5/4/2012 5:34 AM, Scott Robertson wrote:
I started reading 7.0, and I was doing OK until about Chapter 5. Until I
realized that some of my directories didn't seem right. Somehow I ended up
with just a sources directory on the LFS partition. I'm not a hardened
expert in Linux yet, but I
On Fri, 2012-05-04 at 03:34 -0700, Scott Robertson wrote:
Under section 2.3 the very first thing one does (other than version-check.sh
in the Preface)
is create the file system using the mke2fs command. Where does it say you
need to be root for that?
I'm just saying maybe not everyone
On 04-05-2012 08:23, Eleanore Boyd wrote:
On 5/4/2012 5:34 AM, Scott Robertson wrote:
[...]
Now, have you tried this solution: untar the package, go into the
unpacked directory, then do copy+paste operations to make sure you don't
inadvertently screw something up? Then all you have to do
Scott Robertson wrote:
What part of:
For each package:
1. Using the tar program, extract the package to be built. In Chapter 5,
ensure
you are the lfs user when extracting the package.
2. Change to the directory created when the package was extracted.
3. Follow the book's
On May 4, 2012, at 8:42 AM, Bruce Dubbs wrote:
Scott Robertson wrote:
What part of:
...
do you not understand?
Wow, again with the hostility.
The reason it sounds hostile is because we spend a lot of time trying to
explain
and users regularly skip the explanations. Whether you
On Fri, May 04, 2012 at 11:14:19AM -0500, Bruce Dubbs wrote:
Ken Moffat wrote:
Actually, 10 bootable partitions on a dos disk is pushing it - I
suppose one or more of /boot, /home, swap is in a primary partition.
Why?
As of Jan 20, 2010
Disk /dev/sda: 320.1 GB, 320072933376 bytes
Qrux wrote:
LFS devs, writers, and editors, please try to understand that the LFS can
read like a list of GPS coordinates given at 1mm spacings without altitude
and annotations. If I follow it *exactly*, and assume no errors in the
readings or the map, and I make the same set of assumptions
Ken Moffat wrote:
On Fri, May 04, 2012 at 11:14:19AM -0500, Bruce Dubbs wrote:
Ken Moffat wrote:
Actually, 10 bootable partitions on a dos disk is pushing it - I
suppose one or more of /boot, /home, swap is in a primary partition.
Why?
As of Jan 20, 2010
Disk /dev/sda: 320.1 GB,
On May 4, 2012, at 10:15 AM, Bruce Dubbs wrote:
Qrux wrote:
LFS devs, writers, and editors, please try to understand that the LFS can
read like a list of GPS coordinates given at 1mm spacings without altitude
and annotations. If I follow it *exactly*, and assume no errors in the
readings
On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 12:48 PM, Qrux qrux@gmail.com wrote:
On May 4, 2012, at 8:42 AM, Bruce Dubbs wrote:
Scott Robertson wrote:
What part of:
...
do you not understand?
Wow, again with the hostility.
The reason it sounds hostile is because we spend a lot of time trying to
Qrux wrote:
The users need to learn to think about what needs to be done, not just
copy/paste without understanding.
As a proxy example of ambiguity, do you not see the...confusion...some might
experience when in your previous email, you said:
If you follow the instructions literally,
On May 4, 2012, at 1:53 PM, Bruce Dubbs wrote:
Qrux wrote:
The users need to learn to think about what needs to be done, not just
copy/paste without understanding.
As a proxy example of ambiguity, do you not see the...confusion...some might
experience when in your previous email, you
On 5/4/2012 4:45 PM, Qrux wrote:
On May 4, 2012, at 1:53 PM, Bruce Dubbs wrote:
Qrux wrote:
The users need to learn to think about what needs to be done, not just
copy/paste without understanding.
As a proxy example of ambiguity, do you not see the...confusion...some might
experience when
Qrux wrote:
One solution is to keep saying: Reread Section 5.
5.3?
I'm exploring other solutions, because I think it's silly to insist that the
book is well-written when, for every single release, many people are confused
by how to begin Chapter 5. I didn't have an issue. But I can
On May 4, 2012, at 3:23 PM, Bruce Dubbs wrote:
But, why strew information all across the book?
Chapter 5 is the backbone to the entire thing. But it starts with a somewhat
irrelevant section (5.1), and an advanced section (5.2). Then, you want
people to know that the Important part of
Qrux wrote:
If LFS is just a source code project, then to some extent you can say that
prose style or organization is irrelevant. It's not, because it's often
repeated that it's a book, as well. So, style is important, because
organization can aid understanding.
The descriptions and the
On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 7:02 PM, Bruce Dubbs bruce.du...@gmail.com wrote:
Qrux wrote:
If LFS is just a source code project, then to some extent you can say that
prose style or organization is irrelevant. It's not, because it's often
repeated that it's a book, as well. So, style is important,
On Sat, May 5, 2012 at 3:28 PM, Anand Arumugam anand.aru...@gmail.comwrote:
On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 7:02 PM, Bruce Dubbs bruce.du...@gmail.com wrote:
Qrux wrote:
If LFS is just a source code project, then to some extent you can say
that
prose style or organization is irrelevant. It's
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