On Sat, May 14, 2005 at 02:31:22AM +0200, M.Canales.es wrote: > > If the target host (remote or local) is a machine running linux, wy not to do > the full construction from the begin directly at the target machine? In that > case HOST=TARGET due that both are the target machine.
That is what I am proposing. > A question, when the target host is a remote machine not running linux, how > do > you manage it to install any other linux distro? You don't. So we need a method that insures that a) a linux system exists on the target, or b) we have a way to put a linux system on the target. I don't think the book can reasonably handle the latter scenario. > Lastly, IMHO the combo HOST != TARGET only is usefull in two cases: > > To build a full system (with X, servers, etc...) in a fast machine that will > be later instaled in a slow machine. Yes, which would be hint material, not book material, IMO. > Or to build a minimal system to can boot a machine that have no system > instaled yet. But in that case you must have physical acces, then you can use > also a BooCD to boot the machine and to install LFS using HOST=TARGET. Agreed 100%. Sounds like we are on the same page. -- Archaic Want control, education, and security from your operating system? Hardened Linux From Scratch http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/hlfs -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
