On 3/2/07, John Rodenbiker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mar 1, 2007, at 4:25 PM, Colin Kemp wrote:
> >>
> > next time remember that it did say to put all the sources in the
> > source dir at the beginning of chapter 3
>
> Actually, it says "Downloaded packages and patches will need to be
> stored somewhere that is conveniently available throughout the entire
> build." It goes on to say that a working directory will also be
> required and that $LFS/sources can work for both. The text does not say
> it is necessary
>
> As I said, I naively thought that the sources on the Live CD _would be_
> conveniently available throughout the entire build. To avoid a long
> initial copy from CD and using a ton of disk space unnecessarily, I
> thought it made sense to only cp and unpack tarballs and patches as
> they were required and then delete them after a successful install.

I still don't understand what the problem is. Isn't the LiveCD still
running? Can't you just copy over the remaining packages you need?

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Dan
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