Re: [lfs-support] LFS-BOOK-7.0: Section 6.22: E2fsprogs - Test failure

2013-03-24 Thread Michael Builov
Emerson Yesupatham gmail.com> writes: > > > Hi Team, >   > I am seeing a test fauilure in LFS-Boot-7.0, Section 6.22 (E2fsprogs-1.41.14). >   > Out of 107 tests, 1 test got failed. >   > I have checked the reference test logs present at http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/build-logs/7.0/core2du

Re: [lfs-support] LFS-BOOK-7.0: Section 6.22: E2fsprogs - Test failure

2012-09-17 Thread Abid Mujtaba
I experienced a similar failure where both e_icount_normal and e_icount_opt reported failed tests and complained about a test_icount file or directory missing. I removed the source folder for e2fsprogs and re-did the install at which point I realized that I had mis-typed one of the configurati

Re: [lfs-support] LFS-BOOK-7.0: LFS booted successfuly: Few clarifications on Section 8.4: GRUB

2012-08-22 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Emerson Yesupatham wrote: > Hi Bruce, > > Sorry for the late reply. > > Bruce wrote: > >>> BTW, I have three drives, sda, sdb, and sdc. sdc is a SSD an dI >>> generally boot from that: >>> /dev/sdc1 on / type ext4 (rw,noatime,discard,data=writeback) >>> proc on /proc type proc (rw,noexec,nosui

Re: [lfs-support] LFS-BOOK-7.0: LFS booted successfuly: Few clarifications on Section 8.4: GRUB

2012-08-22 Thread Emerson Yesupatham
Hi Bruce, Sorry for the late reply. Bruce wrote: >>BTW, I have three drives, sda, sdb, and sdc. sdc is a SSD an dI >>generally boot from that: >>/dev/sdc1 on / type ext4 (rw,noatime,discard,data=writeback) >>proc on /proc type proc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev) >>sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexe

Re: [lfs-support] LFS-BOOK-7.0: LFS booted successfuly: Few clarifications on Section 8.4: GRUB

2012-08-20 Thread Fernando de Oliveira
Em 18-08-2012 16:21, Emerson Yesupatham escreveu: ... > My host PC is Fedora 14. > It has two Hard disks. > /dev/sda has Fedora 14 (/dev/sda1 is /boot partition in Host PC) > /dev/sdb has LFS-7.0 (/dev/sdb3 is / partition (LFS is located)) > > I can say I have skipped Section 8.4 (Using Grub to

Re: [lfs-support] LFS-BOOK-7.0: LFS booted successfuly: Few clarifications on Section 8.4: GRUB

2012-08-19 Thread Bruce Dubbs
chen wang wrote: > 2012/8/19 Emerson Yesupatham >> Now question is, Can I use this type configuration (that is Two hard >> disks) to proceed with BLFS/CLFS? Yes. Very few applications care where a specific partition is mounted. that is it doesn't matter if / is mounted on hda, sdb, or some o

Re: [lfs-support] LFS-BOOK-7.0: LFS booted successfuly: Few clarifications on Section 8.4: GRUB

2012-08-19 Thread Ken Moffat
On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 04:57:44PM +0800, chen wang wrote: > 2012/8/19 Emerson Yesupatham > > > Hi Team, > > > > I could successfully finish all the chapters in BOOK-7.0 and able to boot > > my LFS successfully !!. > > I have registerd myself as LFS user ! Thanks for all your support. > > > > I a

Re: [lfs-support] LFS-BOOK-7.0: LFS booted successfuly: Few clarifications on Section 8.4: GRUB

2012-08-19 Thread chen wang
2012/8/19 Emerson Yesupatham > Hi Team, > > I could successfully finish all the chapters in BOOK-7.0 and able to boot > my LFS successfully !!. > I have registerd myself as LFS user ! Thanks for all your support. > > I am planning to use the same LFS-7.0 as base for further work may be BLFS > and

[lfs-support] LFS-BOOK-7.0: LFS booted successfuly: Few clarifications on Section 8.4: GRUB

2012-08-18 Thread Emerson Yesupatham
Hi Team, I could successfully finish all the chapters in BOOK-7.0 and able to boot my LFS successfully !!. I have registerd myself as LFS user ! Thanks for all your support. I am planning to use the same LFS-7.0 as base for further work may be BLFS and CLFS. I would like to explain my current sys

Re: [lfs-support] LFS-BOOK-7.0:Section 8.3: Linux 3.1 Compilation.

2012-08-14 Thread Ken Moffat
On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 12:13:12AM +0530, Emerson Yesupatham wrote: > > Hi Ken, > >> Unfortunately, those only tell use about the distro, not about your > >>machine. > Emerson: In case I need to provide info about my Host PC HW, which command > I should execute? Curious to know. WIll "lspci -v" be

Re: [lfs-support] LFS-BOOK-7.0:Section 8.3: Linux 3.1 Compilation.

2012-08-14 Thread Emerson Yesupatham
Hi Team, Thanks a lot for all your feedback. I have gone through them, below is summary of my understanding and things I have planned to do: 1. I will try to configure minimal kernel which shall boot and enter into LFS. For this, mainly I will focus on Block drivers and Filesystem drivers. Later

Re: [lfs-support] LFS-BOOK-7.0:Section 8.3: Linux 3.1 Compilation.

2012-08-13 Thread Ken Moffat
On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 12:11:41AM +0530, Emerson Yesupatham wrote: > Hi Team, > > I am currently working on Section 8.3 of Book 7.0. Section is about Linux > 3.1 compilation. > > I am new to kernel compilation from Scratch. Book recommends to do the > kernel compilation from Scratch, is there an

Re: [lfs-support] LFS-BOOK-7.0:Section 8.3: Linux 3.1 Compilation.

2012-08-13 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Emerson Yesupatham wrote: > Hi Team, > > I am currently working on Section 8.3 of Book 7.0. Section is about Linux > 3.1 compilation. > > I am new to kernel compilation from Scratch. Book recommends to do the > kernel compilation from Scratch, is there any online material to go through > or I shoul

Re: [lfs-support] LFS-BOOK-7.0:Section 8.3: Linux 3.1 Compilation.

2012-08-13 Thread William Harrington
On Aug 13, 2012, at 13:41 PM, Emerson Yesupatham wrote: > Hi Team, > > I am currently working on Section 8.3 of Book 7.0. Section is about > Linux 3.1 compilation. > > I am new to kernel compilation from Scratch. Book recommends to do > the kernel compilation from Scratch, is there any online

Re: [lfs-support] LFS-BOOK-7.0: Section 6.22: E2fsprogs - Test failure

2012-08-05 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Emerson Yesupatham wrote: > Hi Team, > > I am seeing a test fauilure in LFS-Boot-7.0, Section 6.22 > (E2fsprogs-1.41.14). > > Out of 107 tests, 1 test got failed. > > I have checked the reference test logs present at > http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/build-logs/7.0/core2duo/test-logs/085-e2fspr

[lfs-support] LFS-BOOK-7.0: Section 6.22: E2fsprogs - Test failure

2012-08-05 Thread Emerson Yesupatham
Hi Team, I am seeing a test fauilure in LFS-Boot-7.0, Section 6.22 (E2fsprogs-1.41.14). Out of 107 tests, 1 test got failed. I have checked the reference test logs present at http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/build-logs/7.0/core2duo/test-logs/085-e2fsprogs, all the 107 tests are passed here.

Re: [lfs-support] lfs-book-7.0 error while building glibc-2.14.1

2012-07-31 Thread Bruce Dubbs
avinash kumar wrote: > I get these errors when i run tests after Make: > make[2]: *** [/sources/glibc-build/posix/bug-regex32.out] Error 1 > make[2]: [/sources/glibc-build/posix/annexc.out] Error 1 (ignored) > make[2]: *** [/sources/glibc-build/nptl/tst-attr3.out] Error 1 > make[2]: *** [/source

Re: [lfs-support] lfs-book-7.0 error while building glibc-2.14.1

2012-07-31 Thread Eleanore Boyd
1, 2012 at 7:40 PM, Eleanore Boyd mailto:cara...@cox.net>> wrote: On 7/31/2012 9:03 AM, avinash kumar wrote: Hello, I am using lfs-book-7.0. I get following error while building glibc-2.14.1 , section-6.9.1 in book , m

Re: [lfs-support] lfs-book-7.0 error while building glibc-2.14.1

2012-07-31 Thread avinash kumar
r the attachment to find what it was >> doing when it failed. Let me know if more information is required. >> Meanwhile I ll check if binutils was installed fine. >> >> On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 7:40 PM, Eleanore Boyd wrote: >> >>> On 7/31/2012 9:03 AM, avinash k

Re: [lfs-support] lfs-book-7.0 error while building glibc-2.14.1

2012-07-31 Thread avinash kumar
2012 at 7:40 PM, Eleanore Boyd wrote: > >> On 7/31/2012 9:03 AM, avinash kumar wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> I am using lfs-book-7.0. I get following error while building >> glibc-2.14.1 , section-6.9.1 in book , >> >> >> make[3]: >> /mnt/lfs/too

Re: [lfs-support] lfs-book-7.0 error while building glibc-2.14.1

2012-07-31 Thread avinash kumar
ote: > > Hello, > > I am using lfs-book-7.0. I get following error while building glibc-2.14.1 > , section-6.9.1 in book , > > > make[3]: > /mnt/lfs/tools/bin/../lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.6.1/../../../../i686-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ar: > Command not found > > Any rel

Re: [lfs-support] lfs-book-7.0 error while building glibc-2.14.1

2012-07-31 Thread Eleanore Boyd
On 7/31/2012 9:03 AM, avinash kumar wrote: Hello, I am using lfs-book-7.0. I get following error while building glibc-2.14.1 , section-6.9.1 in book , make[3]: /mnt/lfs/tools/bin/../lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.6.1/../../../../i686-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ar: Command not found Any relevant help

[lfs-support] lfs-book-7.0 error while building glibc-2.14.1

2012-07-31 Thread avinash kumar
Hello, I am using lfs-book-7.0. I get following error while building glibc-2.14.1 , section-6.9.1 in book , make[3]: /mnt/lfs/tools/bin/../lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.6.1/../../../../i686-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ar: Command not found Any relevant help would be greatly appreciated. -- Thank you

Re: [lfs-support] LFS-BOOk-7.0:Section:5.2 Tool Chain

2012-07-17 Thread Emerson Yesupatham
Hi, All. Thanks for all your feedback. It was nice learning about Hard links. I have put my response inline for Ken's point. >>Message: 3 >>Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2012 16:18:51 +0100 >>From: Ken Moffat >>Subject: Re: [lfs-support] LFS-BOOk-7.0:Section:5.2 Tool Chain

Re: [lfs-support] LFS-BOOk-7.0:Section:5.2 Tool Chain Technical Notes: Doubt

2012-07-16 Thread Baho Utot
On 07/16/2012 11:47 AM, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > Eleanore Boyd wrote: > >> The compilation process creates the hard links, so there is no need to >> manually create links. > Correct. > >> If anything, creating links beforehand may cause >> errors due to the links pointing nowhere. > LOL. You can't cre

Re: [lfs-support] LFS-BOOk-7.0:Section:5.2 Tool Chain Technical Notes: Doubt

2012-07-16 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Eleanore Boyd wrote: > The compilation process creates the hard links, so there is no need to > manually create links. Correct. > If anything, creating links beforehand may cause > errors due to the links pointing nowhere. LOL. You can't create a hard link that points to nowhere. You could c

Re: [lfs-support] LFS-BOOk-7.0:Section:5.2 Tool Chain Technical Notes: Doubt

2012-07-16 Thread Ken Moffat
On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 09:23:13AM -0500, Eleanore Boyd wrote: > On 7/16/2012 9:10 AM, Emerson Yesupatham wrote: > > > >"Binutils installs its assembler and linker in two locations, > >/tools/bin and /tools/$LFS_TGT/bin. The tools > >in one location are hard linked to the other." > >/tools/bin and

Re: [lfs-support] LFS-BOOk-7.0:Section:5.2 Tool Chain Technical Notes: Doubt

2012-07-16 Thread Eleanore Boyd
On 7/16/2012 9:10 AM, Emerson Yesupatham wrote: Hi, I am following Book 7.0. In Section 5.2 Toolchain Technical Notes, the following is mentioned: "Binutils installs its assembler and linker in two locations, /tools/bin and /tools/$LFS_TGT/bin. The tools in one location are hard linked to

[lfs-support] LFS-BOOk-7.0:Section:5.2 Tool Chain Technical Notes: Doubt

2012-07-16 Thread Emerson Yesupatham
Hi, I am following Book 7.0. In Section 5.2 Toolchain Technical Notes, the following is mentioned: "Binutils installs its assembler and linker in two locations, /tools/bin and /tools/$LFS_TGT/bin. The tools in one location are hard linked to the other." /tools/bin and /tools/$LFS_TGT/bin should b

Re: [lfs-support] LFS-BOOK-7.0 Section 5.9 binutils pass2 doubt

2012-07-03 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Emerson Yesupatham wrote: > The higher the version number is, the less compatibility code is > added, and the faster the code gets. I'm not sure about that. It gets smaller, but I doubt it gets faster. At least not enough to be perceptible. -- Bruce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/l

Re: [lfs-support] LFS-BOOK-7.0 Section 5.9 binutils pass2 doubt

2012-07-03 Thread Ken Moffat
On Tue, Jul 03, 2012 at 08:02:43PM +0530, Emerson Yesupatham wrote: > > Emerson: Yes, this is my first build. I thought the value for > --enable-kernel must be the "same" as Host systems linux version (uname -r). > Now, I did little bit research on --enable-kernel option and found the > following

Re: [lfs-support] LFS-BOOK-7.0 Section 5.9 binutils pass2 doubt

2012-07-03 Thread Emerson Yesupatham
Hi Ken, Apologize for doing a top-post. I was not aware of it. Now I have provided my reply in interleaved post. > An now, to answer your question. If this is your first build of >LFS, I'm tempted to say FBBG (Follow Book, Book Good). So, that >would be --enable-kernel=2.6.25 (I'm looking at LFS

Re: [lfs-support] LFS-BOOK-7.0 Section 5.9 binutils pass2 doubt

2012-07-02 Thread Ken Moffat
On Mon, Jul 02, 2012 at 02:16:18PM -0700, Fernando de Oliveira wrote: > Em 01-07-2012 15:32, Ken Moffat escreveu: > > On Sun, Jul 01, 2012 at 01:16:00PM +0530, Emerson Yesupatham wrote: > > [...] > > > If you are never going to boot a kernel older than > > 2.6.35, specifying 2.6.35 should be fin

Re: [lfs-support] LFS-BOOK-7.0 Section 5.9 binutils pass2 doubt

2012-07-02 Thread Fernando de Oliveira
Em 01-07-2012 15:32, Ken Moffat escreveu: > On Sun, Jul 01, 2012 at 01:16:00PM +0530, Emerson Yesupatham wrote: [...] > If you are never going to boot a kernel older than > 2.6.35, specifying 2.6.35 should be fine. > > For my own desktop builds (several each year, using LFS-svn) I > reduce the

Re: [lfs-support] LFS-BOOK-7.0 Section 5.9 binutils pass2 doubt

2012-07-01 Thread Ken Moffat
On Sun, Jul 01, 2012 at 01:16:00PM +0530, Emerson Yesupatham wrote: > Hi Andy and All, > > As discussed in below mail, I have now installed latest linux distribution > in my Host computer to have newer kernel. The installed linux version > details are as follows: > > #cat /proc/version > Linux v

Re: [lfs-support] LFS-BOOK-7.0 Section 5.9 binutils pass2 doubt

2012-07-01 Thread Emerson Yesupatham
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Re: [lfs-support] LFS-BOOK-7.0 Section 5.9 binutils pass2 doubt

2012-06-20 Thread Emerson Yesupatham
t;Re: Contents of lfs-support digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. LFS-BOOK-7.0 Section 5.9 binutils pass2 doubt > (Emerson Yesupatham) > 2. Re: LFS-BOOK-7.0 Section 5.9 binutils pass2 doubt (Eleanore Boyd) > 3. Re: LFS-BOOK-7.0 Section 5.9 binutils

Re: [lfs-support] LFS-BOOK-7.0 Section 5.9 binutils pass2 doubt

2012-06-19 Thread Andrew Benton
On Tue, 19 Jun 2012 18:09:21 +0100 Emerson Yesupatham wrote: > *My host system violates one of the prerequisites mentioned in page XVi* > > *Linux Kernel-2.6.25 * So what are you saying, that your kernel is older than 2.6.25? Glibc is configured with --enable-kernel=2.6.25 so if you try to use

Re: [lfs-support] LFS-BOOK-7.0 Section 5.9 binutils pass2 doubt

2012-06-19 Thread Eleanore Boyd
On 6/19/2012 12:09 PM, Emerson Yesupatham wrote: Hi, I am trying to build LFS. I am following LFS-BOOK-7.0.pdf. Problem: I am facing the following error while compiling Binutils-2.21.1a - Pass 2, section 5.9. " *configure: error: cannot run C compiled programs.*" Complete error is a

Re: LFS-book 7.0

2011-10-04 Thread Bruce Dubbs
ith my simple problem. I would like to repeat my > formative (and successful) experience with LFS-book 6.8 building, > using the much waited LFS-book 7.0 stable on my 64bit PC. Have you any > idea about the date when it will be downloadable? Many thanks. > -- > http://linuxfromscratch.org/

LFS-book 7.0

2011-10-03 Thread Giorgio Cittadini
Sorry to disturb with my simple problem. I would like to repeat my formative (and successful) experience with LFS-book 6.8 building, using the much waited LFS-book 7.0 stable on my 64bit PC. Have you any idea about the date when it will be downloadable? Many thanks. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org