From the "What its worth department" DJ captured the issue. I had the exact same experience.
I came into LFS following the instructions verbatim. Rough time the first 2 or three times through. But like he says, once you get your arms around the style of how its written, it makes sense. I also think, that because its NOT written keystroke for keystroke your forced to think about things. Help is not very far away. my .02 On Nov 27, 2008, at 11:23 PM, DJ Lucas wrote: > Stealth wrote: > >> It sure would help if this chapter was made a lot more clear by >> adding some more information. >> >> At some point in the future after I know what I am doing with >> building my own OS from the book I will be glad to help make the >> confusing steps easier to see and understand. > > Absolutely. Though I'm not so sure about _more_ information. AFAICT, > all of what was discussed is there, albeit poorly ordered as the > answer > to the two questions you asked, which are directly related, happen > to be > two chapters apart (3.1, 3rd paragraph; and 5.1, 2nd 'Important' box). > After several years of building LFS, this stuff is kind of second > nature...the finer details can easily get lost without a new set of > eyes > on it. When you get your head wrapped around it and get a few > packages > in, if you would like to suggest updated text, we would very much > appreciate it. > > -- DJ Lucas > > -- > http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support > FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html > Unsubscribe: See the above information page -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
