Re: GRUB error

2009-07-20 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Russell Stockhammer wrote: > Gday again, > > Well I started again from scratch and got as far as configuring GRUB. I > run the GRUB shell then attempt to set the root as follows: > > grub> root (hd0,0) > Error 21: Selected disk does not exist > grub> > > Even using the auto complete function

Re: pass 2 build of gcc-3.4.2 has a problem with libgcc_s.so.1

2009-07-20 Thread Pol Vangheluwe
Op 18-jul-09, om 23:26 heeft Ken Moffat het volgende geschreven: 2009/7/18 Justin P. Mattock : Pol Vangheluwe wrote: So far, I didn't consider using a newer version then the one used in the LFS book (it takes about 30 hours to perform a bootstrap build of gcc on my poor 100Mhz PowerPC 601

Re: Questions about the build method

2009-07-20 Thread Michael Tsang
On Monday 20 July 2009 09:54:36 booleandomain wrote: > I don't fully understand the build method for LFS. > > I know the general idea is to first create a working minimal system > inside of ${LFS}/tools, chroot into ${LFS}, then use the programs inside > of /tools for building the final system. > >

Re: GRUB error

2009-07-20 Thread Robert Cox
the first "root" is pointed at where your grub is located the second "root" located in the "kernel" line is pointed at your "/" root file system to mount the partition  If you are booting from the first hard drive first partition then  root (hd0) is correct. then in the kernel line root= will b

Re: making LFS

2009-07-20 Thread Mike McCarty
ajith silva wrote: > LFS 6.4 book mentioned two folders, > > /mnt/lfs/sources > /mnt/lfs/tools > > You have to work in /mnt/lfs/sources for all installation work. All > installation scripts will install required files in /mnt/lfs/tools > automatically when you execute proper commands according t

RE: GRUB error

2009-07-20 Thread Russell Stockhammer
> > What file system is hd0 using? > > You should be doing this from within the chroot environment. > If you exited and reentered chroot, do you still have /dev mounted? I.e. is > has > the `mount -v --bind /dev $LFS/dev` still valid? > > What is the output of `ls /dev/?da*` ? > The paa

Any issues upgrading LFS 6.3 -> 6.5

2009-07-20 Thread Jeremy Henty
I use LFS 6.3. I also have an embryonic 6.4 system, but it looks as though I should just scrap that and go straight to 6.5. Are there any obvious issues with doing that or should it just work? Regards, Jeremy Henty -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.

Re: Any issues upgrading LFS 6.3 -> 6.5

2009-07-20 Thread RaptorX
I am going to start LFS 6.4 and the thought crossed my mind of waiting for 6.5 which is just 1 or 2 weeks away, but then I was thinking that maybe I should stick to the well tested and documented one until 6.5 is stable enough... But thats just my opinion, because is the first time i will build LF