I started out using the 6.2-5 LFS LiveCD to work through the LFS book and I was really pleased, so thanks to everyone who's contributed. When I ran the gcc bootstrap for the first time however, it took a really long time. While this was expected (I'm using a really low-spec machine), the problem was that my CD drive was constantly seeking, and I was afraid it would fail by the end of the book. I was pleased to see that following releases of the LFS LiveCD are able to boot from a hard drive, knowing that my problem would be resolved.
Unfortunately, I can't get lfslivecd-x86-6.3-min-r2052.iso to boot from a hard drive. When grub runs the menu item I made following the README instructions, it displays the menu parameters (root, kernel, initrd) and says "Uncompressing Linux...". It takes a little time at this step, then starts rapidly scrolling through environment information (the same stuff seen after running dmesg). It arrives at "Unpacking initramfs..." and stops. The 6.2-5 LFS LiveCD had no problems running from the CD drive, and I booted using "linux vga=789" (appending vga=789 to the kernel parameters in grub when trying to boot the iso from the hard drive results in a blank screen). Since I know I won't be using a CD for the build, I haven't tried booting the r2052 LFS LiveCD from CD. Is there some glaring problem or evident solution that someone sees, or should I just burn the r2052 CD to see if that even works? Any help would be greatly appreciated. -- Make up to $150/hour by attending Technical School. Click Now! http://tagline.hushmail.com/fc/Ioyw6h4fRTeM1hg6Ecbg8HpNnZnBbur8IlhaF9ozWsQmboiLpd7giL/ -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/livecd FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
