On July 12, 2007, Lieven De Keyzer wrote: > On 7/12/07, Dan Nicholson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 7/12/07, Lieven De Keyzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > So, since LFS does not contain a package that installs > > > reiserfsck, would it really be that strange to not install > > > e2fsprogs ? (except for the fact that other applications might > > > need the library, as already pointed out by Dan) > > > > It would seem that way, but e2fsprogs provides more general > > utilities than you'd think. xfsprogs depends on them, too. Also, > > you should be aware that if you plan on using the BLFS book, it is > > implied that you've installed all the packages from LFS. That > > prevents things like this from happening. > > Actually, I'm planning to install all software not needed for > booting, restoring etc. in /usr/pkg by using NetBSD's package > framework, pkgsrc. So I'm trying to make my base system as minimal as > possible. Since I'm doing this for personal educational purposes, I'm > sure I will make more mistakes like this. :)
If it was me, I would install e2fsprogs as suggested by the other more knowledgeable members of this list, then i would copy: /etc/rc.d/rcsysinit.d/S30checkfs... to another directory. Boot my lfs (hopefully:)), get fsck to work manually, then modify the above script and copy it back. Assuming that this is the only problem, at least I would be able to boot my lfs. >From man fsck: "In actuality, fsck is simply a front-end for the various file system checkers (fsck.fstype) available under Linux. " Perhaps the reiserfs utils are not found?? The beauty of lfs it that it is your system and you can mess with it anyway you like. The door is open, have fun. Shawn -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
