On Mon, 2010-02-01 at 00:53 -0600, Bruce Dubbs wrote:
> To be successful, we expect the instructions to be done in order. I
> already put one comment in 5.4 that says to go back and re-read 5.3 in
> the -dev book.
Good idea - hopefully that last-minute reminder will make a difference.
Simon.
David Shaw wrote:
> Hmm... Yes, I see that, now - but perhaps this is a little far removed
> in time and space from the actual compilation process. Maybe that
> comment about working directories could be duplicated in or refered back
> to from 5.3? I think that reinforcement would probably h
Trent Shea wrote:
> On Sunday 31 January 2010 04:06:28 David Shaw wrote:
>
>> @Simon - thanks for drawing my attention back to that important notice -
>> I had read it, but obviously didn't fully understand the implications.
>> I'm not sure how it could be made clearer, though, without making
On Sunday 31 January 2010 04:06:28 David Shaw wrote:
> @Simon - thanks for drawing my attention back to that important notice -
> I had read it, but obviously didn't fully understand the implications.
> I'm not sure how it could be made clearer, though, without making it too
> Janet and John.
>
Thanks for the advice - at least I managed to correctly identify the
problem :-)
I do read instructions, though - I'm at that stage in my Linux learning
that I know enough about Linux to know just how little I really know (oh
dear, I'm starting to sound like Donald Rumsfeld ;-) ) and have yet
On Sat, 2010-01-30 at 21:25 +, David Shaw wrote:
> My problem is that the first command under chapter 5.4, binutils - mkdir
> -v ../binutils-build - fails with a 'permission denied'. First
> question, am I working in the right place?
>
> lfs:~$ pwd
> /home/lfs
No. As per the "Important!" n
> I am using the LFS Live CD, version 6.3-r2145 and, because this is my
> first attempt at building my own system, I'm sandboxing it by installing
> to a Virtualbox VM. Working from the LFS book version 6.5 (actually,
> re-reading this email before posting, could that be the problem? A
> slight di
David Shaw wrote:
> After a few years of trying to find *the* perfect distro for me, I've
> decided that the only way I'm going to get it is to build it myself.
> Hence I'm trying LFS, but have run into a problem.
>
> I am using the LFS Live CD, version 6.3-r2145 and, because this is my
> firs
After a few years of trying to find *the* perfect distro for me, I've
decided that the only way I'm going to get it is to build it myself.
Hence I'm trying LFS, but have run into a problem.
I am using the LFS Live CD, version 6.3-r2145 and, because this is my
first attempt at building my own s
