Re: how to install liveCD.iso via virtual-box

2010-05-11 Thread Alexander Haley
Prasoon, I am not using Windows 7, however I use Virtual Box all the time - and I believe the question you are asking is NOT windows version specific ; That said: When creating a new virtual machine in VirtualBox - the "create new machine wizard" asks some generic questions like "System Type / Di

w3m patch : improved readability

2009-11-30 Thread Alexander Haley
Hello, I've been building LFS on a system for which X consumes too many resources -- and therefore have been spending my time reading the LFS Book in w3m . I noticed that this presentation lacks enough of an eye-catching display for text --- and since the build instructions are wrapped in PRE blo

Re: glibc headers versus linux kernel headers

2009-09-13 Thread Alexander Haley
On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 9:04 PM, Alexander Haley wrote: > Alright, I'm using the 'package users' approach, and I've hit a snag > where I don't understand the choice I'm about to make. Here is the > scenario. One followup http://osdir.com/ml/linux.lfs.c

glibc headers versus linux kernel headers

2009-09-13 Thread Alexander Haley
Alright, I'm using the 'package users' approach, and I've hit a snag where I don't understand the choice I'm about to make. Here is the scenario. I've compiled section 5, built my /tools, and am now inside the chroot working on the final packages. I've completed the 'Linux API Headers' and therefo

parallel building questions

2009-09-09 Thread Alexander Haley
For LFS, in chapter 5, once the basic tool chain has been built (say, you've just completed Ncurses-5.7) -- is it necessary to compile the remainder of the chapter five software in the order presented? Alternately, is it necessary to compile them sequentially? What I mean is, what if while Bash was

UnionFS Questions (offshoot from A Simple Package Manager)

2008-12-03 Thread Alexander Haley
I've been tinkering with the "Package User's" method, and I believe that I like it over unionfs ... I shied away from unionfs management because of two reasons: * I perceive unionfs as requiring minor (but additional) runtime resources to handle the mounting / unions where as the user package sche

Re: Question @ 10,000 feet

2008-11-18 Thread Alexander Haley
it right (of course the system often gets it right .. but does it teach me? no. or at least, not yet.) On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 3:47 PM, Alexander Haley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm having a hard time conceptualizing how the tool chain becomes > broken during an upgrade

Question @ 10,000 feet

2008-11-17 Thread Alexander Haley
e 'programmers view from the moon of coding on Earth'. Although I consider myself a non-noobie linux user, and I am a programmer at my day job ... the mysterious underbelly of "how it all works" is still new to me .. and I'm excited to be learning about it. So, please receive