Steve, Are you trying to create initramfs in addition to the kernel image? Were you ever able to mount the initramfs as the final file system? I had an impression that LFS doesn't support initramfs creation (or it doesn't provide instructions how to do it).
David >Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 13:09:25 +1300 >From: Steve Crosby <steve.cro...@gmail.com> >Subject: Re: >To: LFS Support List <lfs-support@linuxfromscratch.org> >Message-ID: > <CADQ_NsbyrRLqtLA6stjxHLL6Er9h75p- >6akmk0nslap765t...@mail.gmail.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > >On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 1:03 PM, Li, David <l...@cloudshield.com> wrote: >> >> I am new to LFS and am very interested in using a virtual machine (e.g >> virtual >box vm). Is this something documented in the book already. Does this mean >it's doable? >> >> Thanks. >> > >Works fine. Building current SVN using VMWare 7 workstation on Windows >(using SLAX Live-CD as a host) as I type this (mainly to >test\experiment with instructions\hints for initramfs and systemd) > >Only caveats to be aware of are making sure your eventual kernel >configuration (and selected host distribution) support the VM drivers >used for disk and networking by your VM system. > >-- >-- - >Steve Crosby -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
