Re: LFS (Version SVN-20100529) - 5.9. Binutils-2.20.1 - Pass 2

2010-07-16 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Simon Geard wrote: > On Wed, 2010-07-14 at 13:37 -0500, Mike McCarty wrote: >> Simon Geard wrote: >> >> [...] >> >>> That's experience talking, I might add. My LFS builds are almost always >>> scripted, and more than once, I've investigated a compile problem that's >> Is there a reason you prefer

Re: Can i build lfs without a dedicated partition ?

2010-07-16 Thread $reeHari
Thnx simon . I've already started building lfs in my usb . and Yes , my bios boots from usb .. On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 9:56 AM, Simon Geard wrote: > On Thu, 2010-07-08 at 22:32 +0530, $reeHari wrote: > > Hi , > > I just started with lfs using book version 6.6 . I had previously > > started with

Re: Can i build lfs without a dedicated partition ?

2010-07-16 Thread Simon Geard
On Thu, 2010-07-08 at 22:32 +0530, $reeHari wrote: > Hi , > I just started with lfs using book version 6.6 . I had previously > started with book ver 6.3 and in dat , author said it is okey to build > lfs without a partition , in a directory . But in the new version of > the book , no such thing

Re: LFS (Version SVN-20100529) - 5.9. Binutils-2.20.1 - Pass 2

2010-07-16 Thread Simon Geard
On Wed, 2010-07-14 at 13:37 -0500, Mike McCarty wrote: > Simon Geard wrote: > > [...] > > > That's experience talking, I might add. My LFS builds are almost always > > scripted, and more than once, I've investigated a compile problem that's > > Is there a reason you prefer a script to an automat

Re: Overwhelming Binutils Test Failures [info added]

2010-07-16 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Dan McGhee wrote: > On 07/16/2010 05:18 PM, Bruce Dubbs wrote: >> Starting over is a good option. If you have an extra 10G for a new >> partition, why not try jhalfs? You could then do some comparisons >> between that you did manually and the automated build if you wanted. >> > I've never exp

Re: LFS Dev SVN-20100702 - 5.9. Binutils-2.20.1 - Pass 2 (AR and RANLIB)

2010-07-16 Thread littlebat
On Fri, 16 Jul 2010 22:32:04 +0300 Rebel Yell wrote: > My $LFS_TGT is i686-pc-linux-gnu You are wrong, it says "LFS_TGT=$(uname -m)-lfs-linux-gnu " in Section:" 4.4. Setting Up the Environment ". -- littlebat -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfro

Re: Overwhelming Binutils Test Failures [info added]

2010-07-16 Thread Dan McGhee
On 07/16/2010 05:18 PM, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > > Starting over is a good option. If you have an extra 10G for a new > partition, why not try jhalfs? You could then do some comparisons > between that you did manually and the automated build if you wanted. > I've never explored jhalfs. H. I

Re: Overwhelming Binutils Test Failures [info added]

2010-07-16 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Dan McGhee wrote: > Since my adventures of the other day, something, and I don't remember > precisely what it was--maybe I just wanted to shoot glibc, I started > from scratch--no pun intended. But I didn't reformat the hard drive > partition. I wanted to start just from building, but realized

Re: Overwhelming Binutils Test Failures [info added]

2010-07-16 Thread Dan McGhee
On 07/16/2010 03:20 PM, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > This is not good. Bruce, over the time I've been building LFS, I've come to respect your knowledge, troubleshooting and responsiveness. When you say something like this, with no recommendations, my conclusion is that I am in deep, dark doo-doo. I hav

Re: Overwhelming Binutils Test Failures [info added]

2010-07-16 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Dan McGhee wrote: > On 07/16/2010 02:24 PM, Dan McGhee wrote: >> I'm building LFS-SVN on x86-64. >>> === binutils Summary === >>> >>> # of unexpected failures4 >>> # of unresolved testcases31 >>> # of untested testcases7 >>> # of unsupported tests1 >>>

Re: Overwhelming Binutils Test Failures [info added]

2010-07-16 Thread Dan McGhee
On 07/16/2010 02:24 PM, Dan McGhee wrote: > I'm building LFS-SVN on x86-64. I've experienced a quite large number > of test failures in Ch. 6.12, and I'd like some help sorting through the > information. Right now I don't know what's relevant and what's not. > `expect -c spawn ls` gave the hoped

LFS Dev SVN-20100702 - 5.9. Binutils-2.20.1 - Pass 2 (AR and RANLIB)

2010-07-16 Thread Rebel Yell
Hi there, my LFS building attempt finishes at 5.9. Binutils-2.20.1 - Pass 2. The error is quite simple it cannot find the _specified_ ar and ranlib. The configure line is: CC="$LFS_TGT-gcc -B/tools/lib/" AR=$LFS_TGT-ar RANLIB=$LFS_TGT-ranlib ../binutils-2.20.1/configure --prefix=/tools --disable-

Overwhelming Binutils Test Failures

2010-07-16 Thread Dan McGhee
I'm building LFS-SVN on x86-64. I've experienced a quite large number of test failures in Ch. 6.12, and I'd like some help sorting through the information. Right now I don't know what's relevant and what's not. `expect -c spawn ls` gave the hoped for results, but I ran across the dreaded "no

Re: LFS (Version SVN-20100529) - booting in the new system

2010-07-16 Thread Face
hehehe will do, i think i did more damage that i can handle appreciate the help On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 9:10 PM, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > Face wrote: >> I dont think i did. at  this point i am thinking of redoing the book >> again however, how i can mount /dev ? > > You may not need to *redo* the bo

Re: LFS (Version SVN-20100529) - booting in the new system

2010-07-16 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Face wrote: > I dont think i did. at this point i am thinking of redoing the book > again however, how i can mount /dev ? You may not need to *redo* the book, but you may need to *reread* the book. Especially the parts that are not commands. Ask yourself: "What does that paragraph mean?" "Wh

Re: LFS (Version SVN-20100529) - booting in the new system

2010-07-16 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Face wrote: > i try to redo 8.4 and i get this > > chroot "$LFS" /usr/bin/env -i \ >HOME=/root TERM="$TERM" PS1='\u:\w\$ ' \ >PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin \ >/bin/bash --login You also need to do 6.2.3 before entering chroot if the Virtual Kernel File Systems are not mounted.

Re: LFS (Version SVN-20100529) - booting in the new system

2010-07-16 Thread Face
I dont think i did. at this point i am thinking of redoing the book again however, how i can mount /dev ? On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 9:02 PM, Andrew Benton wrote: > On 16/07/10 18:52, Face wrote: >> i try to redo  8.4 and i get this >> >> chroot "$LFS" /usr/bin/env -i \ >>     HOME=/root TERM="$TER

Re: LFS (Version SVN-20100529) - booting in the new system

2010-07-16 Thread Andrew Benton
On 16/07/10 18:52, Face wrote: > i try to redo 8.4 and i get this > > chroot "$LFS" /usr/bin/env -i \ > HOME=/root TERM="$TERM" PS1='\u:\w\$ ' \ > PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin \ > /bin/bash --login > > > cd /tmp > root:/tmp# grub-mkrescue --image-type=floppy floppy.img > Unrecogn

Re: LFS (Version SVN-20100529) - booting in the new system

2010-07-16 Thread Face
i try to redo 8.4 and i get this chroot "$LFS" /usr/bin/env -i \ HOME=/root TERM="$TERM" PS1='\u:\w\$ ' \ PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin \ /bin/bash --login cd /tmp root:/tmp# grub-mkrescue --image-type=floppy floppy.img Unrecognized option `--image-type=floppy' Usage: /usr/bin/gru

Re: LFS (Version SVN-20100529) - booting in the new system

2010-07-16 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Face wrote: > yes after bios message nothing will happen, no message or any thing It would appear that you don't have GRUB installed. grub-setup '(hd0)' Read through 8.4 carefully. List what you have in /boot and /boot/grub. Also post the contents of /boot/grub/grub.cfg and /boot/grub/device

Re: LFS (Version SVN-20100529) - booting in the new system

2010-07-16 Thread Face
yes after bios message nothing will happen, no message or any thing On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 4:32 PM, Chris McIntosh wrote: > > > On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 4:57 AM, Andrew Benton wrote: >> >> On 15/07/10 16:14, Face wrote: >> > after finishing the book i try to boot to the new system but nothing >>

Re: LFS (Version SVN-20100529) - booting in the new system

2010-07-16 Thread Chris McIntosh
On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 4:57 AM, Andrew Benton wrote: > On 15/07/10 16:14, Face wrote: > > after finishing the book i try to boot to the new system but nothing > > happen i only get this > > > > Booting from Hard Disk ... > > > > and it freeze > > > That suggests that there is something seriously

Re: LFS (Version SVN-20100529) - booting in the new system

2010-07-16 Thread Face
it print nothing ! what are my options i already redo the book and every thing was ok . On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 2:57 PM, Andrew Benton wrote: > On 15/07/10 16:14, Face wrote: >> after finishing the book i try to boot to the new system but nothing >> happen i only get this >> >> Booting from Hard

Re: LFS (Version SVN-20100529) - booting in the new system

2010-07-16 Thread Andrew Benton
On 15/07/10 16:14, Face wrote: > after finishing the book i try to boot to the new system but nothing > happen i only get this > > Booting from Hard Disk ... > > and it freeze > That suggests that there is something seriously wrong with your kernel config. If the kernel doesn't exist or grub can't

Re: LFS (Version SVN-20100529) - booting in the new system

2010-07-16 Thread Face
Anyone I really try replace all instances of /dev/hda with /dev/sda but it did not help here the result of fdisk -l Disk /dev/hda: 21.4 GB, 21474836480 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 2610 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Bl