Re: Boot hangs

2011-07-22 Thread Nathan Coulson
On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 9:01 AM, Alain Toussaint wrote: > > well, to bypass the bootscripts you could use > > root=/bin/bash, which gives you a bash prompt. > > it'll tell you if it got that far or not.>>> > > isn't it init=/bin/bash? > > I had to do it so many time to fix /etc/fstab under ge

Re: Break between the builds

2011-07-22 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Ashutosh Narayan wrote: > Hi Andrew, > > Thanks for your quick response. > Well, I am using lfslivecd-x86-6.3-r2160.iso to boot off from. This the > latest iso I got from the website. And it contains official LFS-6.3 book > which I am referring to. Am I using the correct one ? I am doing so on

Re: Configure

2011-07-22 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Andrea Bencini wrote: > Linux From Scratch 6.8 > > 5.4. Binutils-2.21 - Pass 1 > > I prepare Binutils for compilation: > > ../binutils-2.21/configure \ > --target=$LFS_TGT --prefix=/tools \ > --disable-nls --disable-werror > > Before running this instruction I would want to know all the "config

RE: Boot hangs

2011-07-22 Thread Alain Toussaint
well, to bypass the bootscripts you could use root=/bin/bash, which gives you a bash prompt. it'll tell you if it got that far or not.>>> isn't it init=/bin/bash? I had to do it so many time to fix /etc/fstab under gentoo 32 bit (which uses /dev/hd* for pata while my custom kernel use /d

Configure

2011-07-22 Thread Andrea Bencini
Linux From Scratch 6.8 5.4. Binutils-2.21 - Pass 1 I prepare Binutils for compilation: ../binutils-2.21/configure \ --target=$LFS_TGT --prefix=/tools \ --disable-nls --disable-werror Before running this instruction I would want to know all the "configure" parameters. If I do: ./bi

Re: Break between the builds

2011-07-22 Thread Danny Engelbarts
On vr, 2011-07-22 at 06:24 -0700, Ashutosh Narayan wrote: > --- On Fri, 7/22/11, Danny Engelbarts wrote: > > From: Danny Engelbarts > Subject: Re: Break between the builds > To: "LFS Support List" > Date: Friday, July 22, 2011, 6:22 PM > > On vr, 2011-07-22 at 05:11 -0700, Ashutosh Narayan wro

Re: Break between the builds

2011-07-22 Thread Ashutosh Narayan
--- On Fri, 7/22/11, Danny Engelbarts wrote: From: Danny Engelbarts Subject: Re: Break between the builds To: "LFS Support List" Date: Friday, July 22, 2011, 6:22 PM On vr, 2011-07-22 at 05:11 -0700, Ashutosh Narayan wrote: > Hi Andrew, > > Thanks for your quick response. > Well, I am using

Re: Break between the builds

2011-07-22 Thread Danny Engelbarts
On vr, 2011-07-22 at 05:11 -0700, Ashutosh Narayan wrote: > Hi Andrew, > > Thanks for your quick response. > Well, I am using lfslivecd-x86-6.3-r2160.iso to boot off from. This the > latest iso I got from the website. And it contains official LFS-6.3 book > which I am referring to. Am I using t

Re: Break between the builds

2011-07-22 Thread Ashutosh Narayan
Hi Andrew, Thanks for your quick response. Well, I am using lfslivecd-x86-6.3-r2160.iso to boot off from. This the latest iso I got from the website. And it contains official LFS-6.3 book which I am referring to. Am I using the correct one ? I am doing so on a virtual machine. Second, I have c

Re: Boot hangs

2011-07-22 Thread Nathan Coulson
On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 4:32 AM, Andrew Benton wrote: > On Fri, 22 Jul 2011 02:22:41 -0700 > Nathan Coulson wrote: > >> well, to bypass the bootscripts you could use >> >> root=/bin/bash, which gives you a bash prompt. >> >> it'll tell you if it got that far or not. >> > > Err, are you sure? I th

Re: Break between the builds

2011-07-22 Thread Andrew Benton
On Fri, 22 Jul 2011 02:37:16 -0700 (PDT) Ashutosh Narayan wrote: > I am doing LFS for the second time but this time I do not wish to keep my > computer awake for days until I finish building LFS. > I have been following LFS book version 6.3 ; done till section 4.4. LFS-6.3 is very old. Why don

Re: gcc-4.0.1

2011-07-22 Thread William Immendorf
On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 10:37 AM, Bill Cunningham wrote: >    Oh it was sorry. I meant gcc-4.6.1 (Writing a email is not like writing a story, as you don't indent at the start.) And that's way too new. Really, just use 4.5.2 (LFS 6.8), until we are ready to RC 7.0, I wouldn't recommend the develo

Re: Boot hangs

2011-07-22 Thread Andrew Benton
On Fri, 22 Jul 2011 02:22:41 -0700 Nathan Coulson wrote: > well, to bypass the bootscripts you could use > > root=/bin/bash, which gives you a bash prompt. > > it'll tell you if it got that far or not. > Err, are you sure? I thought root= had to point to a partition? If you want to boot to a

Break between the builds

2011-07-22 Thread Ashutosh Narayan
Hi list, I am doing LFS for the second time but this time I do not wish to keep my computer awake for days until I finish building LFS. I have been following LFS book version 6.3 ; done till section 4.4. I want my computer to rest now and wish to resume next time from where I have left. I foun

Re: Boot hangs

2011-07-22 Thread Nathan Coulson
On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 3:36 PM, Tony Hartzell wrote: > Bruce, >  /bin/sh => bash > inittab is identical to the one in lfs-bootscripts > deleted rc.d & sysconfig then 'make install' lfs-bootscripts > how do I check for terminal drivers in kernel? > As for output, below is all the output on-screen