(ch. 6.9) glibc "make -k check" failure

2008-03-09 Thread Anctop Chan
I've completed the installations up to chapter 6.8. When I install glibc according to the instructions in chapter 6.9, I encounter errors in "make -k check". Similar errors have been reported several times by other people (e.g. in http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/pipermail/lfs-support/2007-Augu

Re: LFS for x86_64: x compile ?

2008-03-09 Thread Dan Nicholson
On Sun, Mar 9, 2008 at 5:53 PM, lanas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Then, does this imply that a full system on a ARM processor such as the > Linksys NSLU2 can only be fully built natively on that very slow > processor ? Isn't it possible to build a full system by only using > cross-compilati

Re: Grub Hangs

2008-03-09 Thread Wehner y Asociados
Ken Moffat wrote: > On Sun, Mar 09, 2008 at 11:17:23AM -0600, Wehner y Asociados wrote: > >> LFS 6.2 >> HP Omnibook 2100 (laptop) >> >> Pentium II (MMX) >> 32 MB (RAM), expanded to maximum of 160 MB using memory modules >> 4.1 GB (HD) >> 3-Com 10/100 LAN+ 56K Cardbus Modem >> (Floppy drive OR th

Re: LFS for x86_64: x compile ?

2008-03-09 Thread Rod Waldren
Ken Moffat wrote: > You can perhaps build a static grub on a different i686 or multilib > box, copy it over, and copy the required files to /boot. If it > works, you are now reliant on binary software that you can't rebuild > on that system! > > > That was exactly it, It may have been one of J

Re: LFS for x86_64: x compile ?

2008-03-09 Thread Jeremy Huntwork
Rod Waldren wrote: > Just to satisfy my curiosity. Is there any reason not to just build a > 32-bit static grub with "Pure64"? I realize it isn't pure at that point > but it's only to kick things off. I think I found the idea on the CLFS > lists, I just googled and found alot of references to

Re: LFS for x86_64: x compile ?

2008-03-09 Thread Ken Moffat
On Sun, Mar 09, 2008 at 04:59:10PM -0700, Rod Waldren wrote: > > > Jeremy Huntwork wrote: > > The jh branch doesn't > > even yet cover a proper boot loader. Also, you aren't guaranteed help if > > you run into trouble. > > > > > Just to satisfy my curiosity. Is there any reason not to just

Re: LFS for x86_64: x compile ?

2008-03-09 Thread Jeremy Huntwork
lanas wrote: > Obviously I haven't read the CLFS book from A to Z. Do you mean by > that, that it'll go natively because of the 'chroot or boot' choice, > even though there was an extra step (compared to plain LFS) at building > and using a cross-compile toolchain in the first place ? Yes. The fi

Re: LFS for x86_64: x compile ?

2008-03-09 Thread lanas
Le Dimanche, 09 Mars 2008 17:34:04 -0400, Jeremy Huntwork <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit : > All the final system packages (i.e., the ones in chapter 6 in LFS) > should (ideally) be built natively. Whether you use CLFS or LFS, this > is going to be the case. Obviously I haven't read the CLFS book f

Re: LFS for x86_64: x compile ?

2008-03-09 Thread Rod Waldren
Jeremy Huntwork wrote: > The jh branch doesn't > even yet cover a proper boot loader. Also, you aren't guaranteed help if > you run into trouble. > > Just to satisfy my curiosity. Is there any reason not to just build a 32-bit static grub with "Pure64"? I realize it isn't pure at that poi

Re: LFS for x86_64: x compile ?

2008-03-09 Thread Jeremy Huntwork
lanas wrote: > Folks, > > I'm still unclear about the very simple following thing. I've built > successfully a LFS system using VmWare running a 32-bit version of > Fedora 8. That's all sweet and nice. The host is Fedora Core 6 > x86_64. I'm about to embark on building a x86_64 version using

Re: Grub Hangs

2008-03-09 Thread Jeremy Huntwork
Ken Moffat wrote: > On Sun, Mar 09, 2008 at 11:17:23AM -0600, Wehner y Asociados wrote: >> “Stopping dhcpcd on the eth0 interface - LEASEINFO Test Failed! - dhcpcd >> is not running [WARN]” > Not relevant, you were in chroot so this is from the host system's > initscripts, and anyway it isn't a p

LFS for x86_64: x compile ?

2008-03-09 Thread lanas
Folks, I'm still unclear about the very simple following thing. I've built successfully a LFS system using VmWare running a 32-bit version of Fedora 8. That's all sweet and nice. The host is Fedora Core 6 x86_64. I'm about to embark on building a x86_64 version using CLFS but, I'm wondering

Re: Grub Hangs

2008-03-09 Thread Ken Moffat
On Sun, Mar 09, 2008 at 11:17:23AM -0600, Wehner y Asociados wrote: > LFS 6.2 > HP Omnibook 2100 (laptop) > > Pentium II (MMX) > 32 MB (RAM), expanded to maximum of 160 MB using memory modules > 4.1 GB (HD) > 3-Com 10/100 LAN+ 56K Cardbus Modem > (Floppy drive OR the CD-ROM drive connects to a plu

Grub Hangs

2008-03-09 Thread Wehner y Asociados
LFS 6.2 HP Omnibook 2100 (laptop) Pentium II (MMX) 32 MB (RAM), expanded to maximum of 160 MB using memory modules 4.1 GB (HD) 3-Com 10/100 LAN+ 56K Cardbus Modem (Floppy drive OR the CD-ROM drive connects to a plug-in module bay.) Hello, I am a newbie who has finally reached Section 9.3 (Reboo

AW: LFS 6.3 bootscript error when /usr on separate partition

2008-03-09 Thread Michael Franzl
>Like Valter says, grep and egrep should be in /bin, >which should be on your root partition. It sounds >like you might have misinstalled grep. Yes, I've misinstalled grep. Thanks a lot for helping me out! Michael -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.lin

Re: LFS 6.3 bootscript error when /usr on separate partition

2008-03-09 Thread Dan Nicholson
On Sat, Mar 8, 2008 at 3:48 PM, Michael Franzl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I just finished building LFS 6.3 and everything is well. It starts up > fine if all directories are on one parition. However, I plan to use > several partitions for some directories due to security reasons. Some > time a