[lfs-support] A startup quesion

2012-11-20 Thread Li, David
Hi, I would like to start building LFS. I have a x86_64 AMD machine. From what I read in the book, it seems 32 bit environment is preferred. So I want to confirm with the list that the followings are OK to start with. 1. Install a 32 bit Fedora 16 as the build environment 2. Leav

Re: [lfs-support] Use VM to do LFS

2012-01-16 Thread Li, David
, 16 Jan 2012 13:09:25 +1300 >From: Steve Crosby >Subject: Re: >To: LFS Support List >Message-ID: > 6akmk0nslap765t...@mail.gmail.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > >On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 1:03 PM, Li, David wrote: >> >> I am

[lfs-support] How to respond to individual mail in a batch/digest mode?

2012-01-16 Thread Li, David
Hi, I have been wondering about this for a while. I subscribe to the daily digest but it's frustrating when it comes to reply to individual mails. Is there a good way to do this without changing the subscription mode? David -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http

Re: [lfs-support] Use VM to do LFS

2012-01-15 Thread Li, David
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. >-Original Message- >-- > >Message: 1 >D

[lfs-support] Q: Diskless boot and initramfs final mount using LFS

2012-01-11 Thread Li, David
Hi, I am totally new to LFS but very interested to see how I can use it for my requirements. I 'll need to custom build a Linux distribution that eventually has to meet requirements: 1. Smaller than 200MB (kernel + intramfs image files). 2. Be able to support KVM-based virtualiza