mtab / permissions

2007-04-22 Thread prdcomp
Hi, I think I made something wrong when building the 6.2 lfs system; I'm getting a mtab failure while booting. It is saying: "mount: can't open /etc/mtab for writing: Permission denied" It does boot; and I get output from "mount". But if I try to "ls /etc/mtab", even as root, I get "Permission

Re: GCC make install problem

2007-04-22 Thread Bob Newell
Dan, Thanks for the help, I think its working now. Bob --- Dan Nicholson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 4/22/07, Bob Newell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/media/hdc2/sources/gcc-build$ make > > install > > /bin/sh ../gcc-4.0.3/mkinstalldirs /tool /tool > > mkdir -p -- /too

Re: GCC make install problem

2007-04-22 Thread Bob Newell
Chris, thanks, appears to be working now. Bob --- Chris Staub <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bob Newell wrote: > > I am trying to build my LFS 6.2, and I am > currently in > > section 5.4.1 (building GCC). So far I havent > > deviated from the book other than the mount point > of > > my LFS sources

Re: Understanding the boot sequence of an OS

2007-04-22 Thread Jon Fullmer
Along that line: http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/From-PowerUp-To-Bash- Prompt-HOWTO.html On Apr 22, 2007, at 10:15 PM, Paul G Rogers wrote: >> My question would be that after the grub is loaded and I am about >> ready to boot the system what is happening. Loads the kernel, runs >> initrd or what? Wha

Re: Understanding the boot sequence of an OS

2007-04-22 Thread Paul G Rogers
>My question would be that after the grub is loaded and I am about >ready to boot the system what is happening. Loads the kernel, runs >initrd or what? What are those init things? What are runlevels? What >is very necessary and required to boot a system? I recommend to you a few of the articles in

Re: GCC make install problem

2007-04-22 Thread Chris Staub
Bob Newell wrote: > I am trying to build my LFS 6.2, and I am currently in > section 5.4.1 (building GCC). So far I havent > deviated from the book other than the mount point of > my LFS sources. When I got to the "make install" > command, here is what I get > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/media/hdc2/sour

Re: GCC make install problem

2007-04-22 Thread Dan Nicholson
On 4/22/07, Bob Newell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/media/hdc2/sources/gcc-build$ make > install > /bin/sh ../gcc-4.0.3/mkinstalldirs /tool /tool > mkdir -p -- /tool /tool > mkdir: cannot create directory `/tool': Permission > denied Looks like you did --prefix=/tool instead o

GCC make install problem

2007-04-22 Thread Bob Newell
I am trying to build my LFS 6.2, and I am currently in section 5.4.1 (building GCC). So far I havent deviated from the book other than the mount point of my LFS sources. When I got to the "make install" command, here is what I get [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/media/hdc2/sources/gcc-build$ make install /bin

Re: [Fwd: Re: Grub Setup]

2007-04-22 Thread Dan D .
On Sun Apr 22 23:18 , 'Tijnema !' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sent: > >Could you give some details about partition type, and hard drive ( >(P)ATA / SATA ). >And you should check kernel configuration. >Also, you could add the following option to the kernel line: >vga=6 >which gives you more small lette

Re: [Fwd: Re: Grub Setup]

2007-04-22 Thread Dan D .
On Sun Apr 22 22:09 , 'Tijnema !' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sent: >On 4/22/07, Alan Lord [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> This error can also be due to not having the correct filesystem driver >> builtin to your kernel. If hda3 is ext3 or ReiserFS or something make >> sure you have the right driver B

Re: [Fwd: Re: Grub Setup]

2007-04-22 Thread Tijnema !
On 4/22/07, Dan D. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Sun Apr 22 20:36 , 'Tijnema !' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sent: > > >> > >> The kernel is loading now, but I get another Error: > >> > >> VFS: Cannot open root device "hda3" or unknown-block(0,0) > >> Please append a correct "root=" boot option > >> K

Re: [Fwd: Re: Grub Setup]

2007-04-22 Thread Joel Means
Dan D. wrote: > > On Sun Apr 22 20:36 , 'Tijnema !' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sent: > >>> The kernel is loading now, but I get another Error: >>> >>> VFS: Cannot open root device "hda3" or unknown-block(0,0) >>> Please append a correct "root=" boot option >>> Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to

Re: [Fwd: Re: Grub Setup]

2007-04-22 Thread Dan D .
On Sun Apr 22 20:36 , 'Tijnema !' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sent: >> >> The kernel is loading now, but I get another Error: >> >> VFS: Cannot open root device "hda3" or unknown-block(0,0) >> Please append a correct "root=" boot option >> Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on >> u

Re: [Fwd: Re: Grub Setup]

2007-04-22 Thread Dan D .
On Sun Apr 22 21:20 , 'Rick Shelton' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sent: > > setup (hd0) > Checking if "/boot/grup/stage1" exists... no > Checking if "/grup/stage1" exists... yes > ... > > >I noticed this typo. 'grup' should probably be 'grub'. >hopefully it was just a typo whe

Re: [Fwd: Re: Grub Setup]

2007-04-22 Thread Tijnema !
On 4/22/07, Alan Lord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Ahh, I understand. The mount point /boot doesn't exists at that > >> time and root means the root directory (/), that resides on hda3. > >> > >> The kernel is loading now, but I get another Error: > >> > >> VFS: Cannot open root device "hda3" or

Re: [Fwd: Re: Grub Setup]

2007-04-22 Thread Alan Lord
>> Ahh, I understand. The mount point /boot doesn't exists at that >> time and root means the root directory (/), that resides on hda3. >> >> The kernel is loading now, but I get another Error: >> >> VFS: Cannot open root device "hda3" or unknown-block(0,0) >> Please append a correct "root=" boot o

Re: [Fwd: Re: Grub Setup]

2007-04-22 Thread Rick Shelton
setup (hd0) Checking if "/boot/grup/stage1" exists... no Checking if "/grup/stage1" exists... yes ... I noticed this typo. 'grup' should probably be 'grub'. hopefully it was just a typo when copying into the email message. but might be worth double checking if you

Re: [Fwd: Re: Grub Setup]

2007-04-22 Thread Tijnema !
On 4/22/07, Joel Means <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This post didn't seem to make it to the list, so I am forwarding it now. now it does :) From: Dan D. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Sun Apr 22 18:09 , Joel Means <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sent: > > >Dan D. wrote: > >> > >> On Sun Apr 22 16:55 , 'Tijnema !'

[Fwd: Re: Grub Setup]

2007-04-22 Thread Joel Means
This post didn't seem to make it to the list, so I am forwarding it now. Original Message Subject: Re: Grub Setup Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2007 19:07:06 +0200 From: Dan D. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sun Apr 22 18:09 , Joel Means <[EMAIL P

Re: Grub Setup

2007-04-22 Thread Tijnema !
On 4/22/07, Dan D. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Sun Apr 22 19:12 , 'Tijnema !' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sent: > >> kernel /boot/lfskernel-2.6.16.38 root=/dev/hda1 > >> > >> Error 15: File not found > >> > >> but /boot/lfskernel-2.6.16.38 exists!! > >> > >> what's wrong? > > > >That is because whe

Re: Grub Setup

2007-04-22 Thread Dan D .
On Sun Apr 22 19:12 , 'Tijnema !' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sent: >> kernel /boot/lfskernel-2.6.16.38 root=/dev/hda1 >> >> Error 15: File not found >> >> but /boot/lfskernel-2.6.16.38 exists!! >> >> what's wrong? > >That is because when the kernel is looking, only the boot partition is >virtually moun

Re: Grub Setup

2007-04-22 Thread Tijnema !
On 4/22/07, Dan D. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Sun Apr 22 16:55 , 'Tijnema !' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sent: > > >On 4/22/07, Dan D. [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Hello! > >> > >> setup (hd0) > >> Checking if "/boot/grup/stage1" exists... no > >> Checking if "/grup/stage1" exists... yes > >>

Re: Skype

2007-04-22 Thread Joel Means
michael lang wrote: > So, I downloaded skype for linux a bit back, and encountered the > following error: > > ./skype: error while loading shared libraries: libstdc++.so.5: cannot > open shared object file: No such file or directory > > This happens with both the dynamic QT and static QT packages

Re: Skype

2007-04-22 Thread list
michael lang wrote: > So, I downloaded skype for linux a bit back, and encountered the following > error: > > ./skype: error while loading shared libraries: libstdc++.so.5: cannot open > shared object file: No such file or directory > > This happens with both the dynamic QT and static QT packages

Re: Skype

2007-04-22 Thread michael lang
On 22/04/07, list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Skype requires 32 bit [ just in case you are building a 64 bit system. ] They don't give any information about the software requirements other than QT. It looks like skype isn't finding the library path, if you used a different path then you'll need

Re: Grub Setup

2007-04-22 Thread Joel Means
Dan D. wrote: > > On Sun Apr 22 16:55 , 'Tijnema !' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sent: > >> On 4/22/07, Dan D. [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Hello! >>> >>> setup (hd0) >>> Checking if "/boot/grup/stage1" exists... no >>> Checking if "/grup/stage1" exists... yes >>> ... >>> >>> is this ok? I don't know,

Re: Grub Setup

2007-04-22 Thread Dan D .
On Sun Apr 22 16:55 , 'Tijnema !' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sent: >On 4/22/07, Dan D. [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hello! >> >> setup (hd0) >> Checking if "/boot/grup/stage1" exists... no >> Checking if "/grup/stage1" exists... yes >> ... >> >> is this ok? I don't know, I think it isn't, because th

Grub Setup

2007-04-22 Thread Dan D .
Hello! setup (hd0) Checking if "/boot/grup/stage1" exists... no Checking if "/grup/stage1" exists... yes ... is this ok? I don't know, I think it isn't, because the LFS-Book sais "If all went well, GRUB will have reported finding its files in /boot/grub." I've mounted /dev/hda1 in $LFS/boot

Re: Grub Setup

2007-04-22 Thread Tijnema !
On 4/22/07, Dan D. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello! > > setup (hd0) > Checking if "/boot/grup/stage1" exists... no > Checking if "/grup/stage1" exists... yes > ... > > is this ok? I don't know, I think it isn't, because the LFS-Book > sais "If all went well, GRUB will have reported finding it

Installation problem in binutils pass 1

2007-04-22 Thread Federico
Hi all, In "binutils pass 1" after install it with make install I type make -C ld clean and it works but in make -C ld LIB_PATH=/tools/lib I got this error: /tools/bin/ld: unrecognized option '--hash-style=both' /tools/bin/ld: use the --help option for usage information collect2: ld returned 1 exi