slax would seem to be a dumb choice, it doesnt have gcc installed! oh well now I am downloading knoppix4.0.2 hopefully I will proceed better with this!
On Sat, 2005-12-03 at 15:04 +0000, Ross wrote: > Ok, when I get to a stage to build the kernel I will make sure I build > the required stuff directly into it. However at this stage I am trying > to get the livecd to see the hd. Any ideas? If this isn't possible I > will attempt the LFS build using the SLAX livecd which gives me a distro > base to work from. > > On Sat, 2005-12-03 at 08:28 -0600, Randy McMurchy wrote: > > blfsuser wrote these words on 12/03/05 08:20 CST: > > > On Sat, 2005-12-03 at 12:43 +0000, Ross wrote: > > > > > >>I have just bought a new Dell dimension 3100 which had a SATA harddrive. > > >>I wanted to follow the LFS book using the LiveCD but it wouldnt > > >>recognise the HD. > > > > > > Use the command; > > > > > > lsmod | less > > [snip remaining bad advice] > > > > Don't follow this advice. The thought is good (having the proper > > stuff compiled into the kernel], but the advice is bad. > > > > *Don't* compile the stuff needed to access your primary hard disk > > as a module or your system won't boot. The stuff must be compiled > > directly into the kernel. > > > > -- > > Randy > > > > rmlscsi: [GNU ld version 2.15.94.0.2 20041220] [gcc (GCC) 3.4.3] > > [GNU C Library stable release version 2.3.4] [Linux 2.6.10 i686] > > 08:25:01 up 69 days, 17:49, 3 users, load average: 0.00, 0.37, 0.53 > -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
