On Wed, Dec 9, 2020, 01:20 Ken Moffat via blfs-support < blfs-support@lists.linuxfromscratch.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 09, 2020 at 12:34:13AM +0530, Palash Tekam via blfs-support > wrote: > > How to tar up the whole LFS system. I mean what all directories ( all the > > directories have same name as given in the book ). > > Would simply tarring and untarring do the job? ( except some minor > changes > > that you mentioned ) > > > > Please don't top-post when replying on this list. > > You need to be in a separate system on the machine (e.g. the host > system which you used to build LFS) so that the LFS system is not > mounted. (Trying to tar up /dev /proc /sys is not a good idea). > > If everything from LFS is in one partition, mount the LFS system at > /mnt/lfs on the host, then as root cd to /mnt/lfs and tar up '.' to > a file (if you use -v with tar it will show it writing names > beginning './'). > > Transfer the file to an existing linux system on the other machine, > make a filesystem on the partition where you want LFS, and then as > root mount that filesystem (creating /mnt/lfs and mounting there is > conventional), cd to it and untar. > > > > Other minor things are to change the host name, ip address, fstab, > > > grub.cfg, and maybe unprivileged user(s). Also any kernel modules and > > > (potentially) firmware for the target system must be available. > > > > > > -- Bruce > > And then make those changes (e.g. edit /etc/hostname and > /etc/sysconfig files), ensuring you are in the new system. > > ĸen > -- > To say that it (his hair) was black and bound up in a ponytail is to > miss the opportunity of using the term 'elephantine'. It was hair > with personality. -- The Thief Of Time (about the monk, Sato). > -- > http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/blfs-support > FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html > Unsubscribe: See the above information page > I had made the BLFS on the host machine itself ( due to hardware limitations ) i.e. I have only one operating system which is the BLFS 8.4 . So mounting and ssh won't work . Can I still tar /mnt/lfs and will it tar up the packages of BLFS also? >
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