Re: Is LFS is a good idea as a OS (Linux) teaching tool

2008-02-11 Thread Steven Locher
Hi Ken > Von: Ken Moffat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 11:16:08PM +0100, Steven Locher wrote: > > > > It is not for admins, but there is a chapter (2 weeks) reserved for > > that. My idea is to get the basic system going during those 2 weeks. > > > > > > You also need to work ou

Re: Glibc installation failing

2008-02-11 Thread Chris Staub
Sharif Oerton wrote: > On Tue, 12 Feb 2008 04:49:33 Wilco Beekhuizen wrote: >> Here are people with the same problems, this will probably help: >> http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/pipermail/lfs-support/2005-July/027632.html > > Thanks a lot - I did search the mailing list archives, but evidently no

Re: Glibc installation failing

2008-02-11 Thread Sharif Oerton
On Tue, 12 Feb 2008 04:49:33 Wilco Beekhuizen wrote: > Here are people with the same problems, this will probably help: > http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/pipermail/lfs-support/2005-July/027632.html Thanks a lot - I did search the mailing list archives, but evidently not for the right thing. Than

Re: Is LFS is a good idea as a OS (Linux) teaching tool

2008-02-11 Thread Ken Moffat
On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 11:16:08PM +0100, Steven Locher wrote: > > It is not for admins, but there is a chapter (2 weeks) reserved for > that. My idea is to get the basic system going during those 2 weeks. > > > > You also need to work out how much time > > > is actually available for your course

Re: Is LFS is a good idea as a OS (Linux) teaching tool

2008-02-11 Thread Valter Douglas Lisbôa Jr.
On Monday 11 February 2008 20:38:16 Steven Locher wrote: > Hello Valter and Mauricio > > Von: "Valter Douglas Lisbôa Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > On Monday 11 February 2008 17:30:46 Mauricio Henriquez wrote: > > > > I'm a Linux Teacher too. > > I'm surprised to meet two mates in such a short time

Re: Is LFS is a good idea as a OS (Linux) teaching tool

2008-02-11 Thread Steven Locher
Hello Valter and Mauricio Von: "Valter Douglas Lisbôa Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Monday 11 February 2008 17:30:46 Mauricio Henriquez wrote: > > I'm a Linux Teacher too. I'm surprised to meet two mates in such a short time! > > Operating Systems curses and also use LFS for personal porpuses

Re: Is LFS is a good idea as a OS (Linux) teaching tool

2008-02-11 Thread Steven Locher
Hi all Thanks for the numerous comments! First of all, let me add some missing information: Von: "Dan Nicholson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Feb 11, 2008 12:54 PM, Ken Moffat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 08:00:45PM +0100, Steven Locher wrote: > > > I got this great idea o

Re: Is LFS is a good idea as a OS (Linux) teaching tool

2008-02-11 Thread Dan Nicholson
On Feb 11, 2008 12:54 PM, Ken Moffat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 08:00:45PM +0100, Steven Locher wrote: > > I am an IT instructor with allround experience in Unixes, like Solaris, > > FreeBSD, Slackware and Debain - but never had time for LFS. I used to teach > > C and Ja

Re: initrd for LFS

2008-02-11 Thread Valter Douglas Lisbôa Jr.
On Monday 11 February 2008 18:42:24 Stenzinger Gábor wrote: > Valter Douglas Lisbôa Jr. írta: > > On Monday 11 February 2008 17:58:10 Stenzinger Gábor wrote: > >> Hi everyone! > > > > Hi > > > >> Does anyone tried to create initrd for LFS before? If so could you send > >> me some links, for a good

Re: Is LFS is a good idea as a OS (Linux) teaching tool

2008-02-11 Thread Ken Moffat
On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 08:00:45PM +0100, Steven Locher wrote: > I am an IT instructor with allround experience in Unixes, like Solaris, > FreeBSD, Slackware and Debain - but never had time for LFS. I used to teach C > and Java at the junior level in a university. > > My next subject is going to

Re: initrd for LFS

2008-02-11 Thread Stenzinger Gábor
Valter Douglas Lisbôa Jr. írta: > On Monday 11 February 2008 17:58:10 Stenzinger Gábor wrote: > >> Hi everyone! >> > Hi > > >> Does anyone tried to create initrd for LFS before? If so could you send >> me some links, for a good tutorial? >> > Search on Hints inside LFS site. There i

Re: initrd for LFS

2008-02-11 Thread Valter Douglas Lisbôa Jr.
On Monday 11 February 2008 17:58:10 Stenzinger Gábor wrote: > Hi everyone! Hi > > Does anyone tried to create initrd for LFS before? If so could you send > me some links, for a good tutorial? Search on Hints inside LFS site. There is a good tutorial there. I suposing you need to create a INITRAM

Re: Is LFS is a good idea as a OS (Linux) teaching tool

2008-02-11 Thread Valter Douglas Lisbôa Jr.
On Monday 11 February 2008 17:30:46 Mauricio Henriquez wrote: > Hi Steve: Hi to both! I'm a Linux Teacher too. > > I am an IT instructor in the Universidad Austral de Chile and I have to > dictate Operating Systems curses and also use LFS for personal porpuses > and a big YES is a very good choice

initrd for LFS

2008-02-11 Thread Stenzinger Gábor
Hi everyone! Does anyone tried to create initrd for LFS before? If so could you send me some links, for a good tutorial? Thank you! G. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page

Re: Is LFS is a good idea as a OS (Linux) teaching tool

2008-02-11 Thread Mauricio Henriquez
Hi Steve: I am an IT instructor in the Universidad Austral de Chile and I have to dictate Operating Systems curses and also use LFS for personal porpuses and a big YES is a very good choice for a teaching tool, the studients like the clear approach of the book, the precision and is very entert

Is LFS is a good idea as a OS (Linux) teaching tool

2008-02-11 Thread Steven Locher
I am an IT instructor with allround experience in Unixes, like Solaris, FreeBSD, Slackware and Debain - but never had time for LFS. I used to teach C and Java at the junior level in a university. My next subject is going to be Operating Systems where Linux is going to be the area of application

Re: Glibc installation failing

2008-02-11 Thread Wilco Beekhuizen
2008/2/11, Sharif Oerton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi all, > > I'm a bit of a newbie - just so you know. I love the idea of LFS and decided > to give it a go. > > I'm up to here: > http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/view/stable/chapter06/glibc.html. > > Everything seems to work fine for a while (no u

Glibc installation failing

2008-02-11 Thread Sharif Oerton
Hi all, I'm a bit of a newbie - just so you know. I love the idea of LFS and decided to give it a go. I'm up to here: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/view/stable/chapter06/glibc.html. Everything seems to work fine for a while (no unaccounted for errors when running the test suite), but w