On Mon, 2011-02-21 at 16:18 -0600, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > Andrew Benton wrote: > > On Mon, 21 Feb 2011 11:57:20 +0200 > > Rodolfo Perez <r-...@gmx.net> wrote: > > > >> Hi all > >> > >> Well I'm not sure if this forum is the right one ... > >> > >> I've build lfs 2 times successfully and now I'm trying to use jhalfs. I > >> did not succeed so far, but before i spend hours and hours I would like > >> to ask the experts some few questions. > >> > >> 1. How do you generally install the new lfs's? Are you using jhalfs? > > > > For what it's worth, I write my own custom scripts based on the > > commands in the book but with my own special ingredients. I'm sure > > jhalfs works as other people on the lists use it, but I don't know if > > it works for BLFS. When I first did lfs I copied and pasted the > > commands into a gnome-terminal. That worked well for LFS but for BLFS > > it was a hard slog typing at the command prompt until I'd compiled > > XFree86 and Firebird. It occurred to me that I could simply copy and > > paste the commands into a shell script and then run that with one > > command. However the problems with that are making sure it stops when > > an error occurs and that it logs everything into a file so that I can > > look back at what went wrong and Google for a solution. Working around > > those and other problems (eg how to automatically generate a new fstab for > > the new system?) became my way of learning to write scripts. It's a > > useful skill. > > I use jhalfs for LFS only. It is somewhat cumbersome to build any > package when the only thing available is a text terminal, however, I > find that is virtually never necessary. I build a new system via ssh. > The first packages to build after LFS are bc (for openssl tests), > openssl, and openssh. That can be done in the LFS chroot environment. > At reboot, running ssh to the new system from an xterm or equivalent > allows full use of cut/paste or virtually anything else. > > Some other notes. I have a separate partition for /usr/src where I keep > all sources. Each package, say mysql, is in a different subdirectory > and has a script that instruments the build procedure and keeps a log of > what was done. > > When building a new version of LFS, I make (or reformat) a partition of > 10MB. I mount partitions for /mnt/lfs, /usr/src, /boot, and /home. > That makes things consistent for me across builds. The only thing that > I need to do for a new build to implement this is to copy /etc/fstab to > the new system and change the entry that specifies the device of the / > partition. > > -- Bruce
Hey lfs-team :-) Like always, the support from lfs is awsome !! Now, im just waiting for the release of lfs-6.8 to try out jhalfs Thanks again Rudy -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
