I wish LFS/BLFS had better documentation for going off the beaten path like new hardware, or if you want to screw around with doing an ARM based processor port. Have a nutter idea for a system but a bit of a project. And even in open it is hard to find people who want to really be on board with reinventing some wheals.
I forgot that there were 3 things that I wanted to note or address that were addressed in the IRC #LFS-support chat channel. But, I thought I would repost here to see if you had any differing opinions, comments, or suggestions. The first is, when I ran the hostreqs script in the LFS Prologue I received the error: version-check.sh: line 22: /lib/libc.so.6: No such file or directory. The IRC did not think it an issue because I am using Xubuntu 11.10. Do you agree?
I made a 10G primary partition following the advice the LFS book using a GParted LiveISO at which time I made the partition an ext4 filesystem. I added the line to /etc/fstab /dev/sda3 /mnt/lfs ext4 defaults, users, exec, dev rw 1 2. So my question is, if I have done all that do I need to execute the mke2fs command? And, if so the example in the video uses the -jv switches which would make that an ext3 filesystem right? Shouldn't I be making this an ext4 filesystem? Thanks in advance.
@tcu2b You are correct on all fronts: if you have a preexisting filesystem properly setup and configured, you can just skip over that step. As for ext3 vs. ext4, well, there's not much difference at the user level. Both keep journals, and what with such powerful hardware that we use nowadays, you'd rarely see any sort of significant performance gap between the two.
@salantraks You're partially correct, as "super user" is a common meaning attributed to the acronym. ;)
Wikipedia:
"The su command, also referred to as super user, substitute user, spoof user, set user or switch user, allows a computer operator to change the current user account associated with the running virtual console."
I'm a total newbie at this to the point that honestly I have no freaking idea how to do what i want to do. So my question, is there any sort of books besides the LFS book that you would recomend for someone who is at a low level of programing experience before ever attempting to use LFS. I within the last year started using Linux and I have tried several different distros just no one of them is exactly what I want yet I have very little knowledge of programming in order to achieve my desire.
@KnightNinjaX No worries, despite what they may say, LFS is suited for those of all experience levels. Unfortunately, apart from personal questions to LFS users themselves, it will be tough to match the quality of the official guide. If you have any problems however, feel free to contact me at any time and I'll do my best to walk you through a certain step of the process!
I made the ext3 partition but didn't make a partition table so I got all kinds of errors. I just switched to GParted and did it that way. I had to create /mnt/lfs first before using the export command it's a bit confusing since /mnt/lfs doesn't exist yet, at least on my system it doesn't create it at the same time I am using export. Maybe it's just the way or the distro I am using Crunchbang 10 acting as a LiveCD in a Virtualbox VM with a 20GB virtual hard drive.
Yeah! it's so exciting! I've built bLFS since LFS-6.3. I just built my 6.7 and now I'm building my BLFS! woohoo!!! ...indeed I'm using LFS with E17... better I stop or I'm gonna get wet.
@TheLeonbriggs Hey, yeah, I'm planning on making some more quite soon. :-) I've just been quite busy with school lately, but I should be able to find time.
whats up with your mic?
TheJeppsen5 1 day ago
It is pronounced eye node, thx for the great vids.
TheRexrolins 1 week ago
is tty terminal?
karatekai01 1 month ago
Why use this rather than Gentoo?
ShadowEater120880 1 month ago
I wish LFS/BLFS had better documentation for going off the beaten path like new hardware, or if you want to screw around with doing an ARM based processor port. Have a nutter idea for a system but a bit of a project. And even in open it is hard to find people who want to really be on board with reinventing some wheals.
TheShowThatSUX 2 months ago in playlist LFS
I forgot that there were 3 things that I wanted to note or address that were addressed in the IRC #LFS-support chat channel. But, I thought I would repost here to see if you had any differing opinions, comments, or suggestions. The first is, when I ran the hostreqs script in the LFS Prologue I received the error: version-check.sh: line 22: /lib/libc.so.6: No such file or directory. The IRC did not think it an issue because I am using Xubuntu 11.10. Do you agree?
tcu2b 2 months ago
I made a 10G primary partition following the advice the LFS book using a GParted LiveISO at which time I made the partition an ext4 filesystem. I added the line to /etc/fstab /dev/sda3 /mnt/lfs ext4 defaults, users, exec, dev rw 1 2. So my question is, if I have done all that do I need to execute the mke2fs command? And, if so the example in the video uses the -jv switches which would make that an ext3 filesystem right? Shouldn't I be making this an ext4 filesystem? Thanks in advance.
tcu2b 2 months ago
@tcu2b You are correct on all fronts: if you have a preexisting filesystem properly setup and configured, you can just skip over that step. As for ext3 vs. ext4, well, there's not much difference at the user level. Both keep journals, and what with such powerful hardware that we use nowadays, you'd rarely see any sort of significant performance gap between the two.
itsbrad212 2 months ago
@itsbrad212 Thank you very much for answering. I am on to your next video! :-)
tcu2b 2 months ago
This has been flagged as spam show
01:17 su stands for "switch/substitute user", not "superuser". It just happens to default to root... I.e "su" = "su root"
It's more versatile than u make it look ;)
salantraks 2 months ago
@salantraks You're partially correct, as "super user" is a common meaning attributed to the acronym. ;)
Wikipedia:
"The su command, also referred to as super user, substitute user, spoof user, set user or switch user, allows a computer operator to change the current user account associated with the running virtual console."
itsbrad212 2 months ago
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salantraks 2 months ago
Can i do this within a VM (run no risk of fucking up my partitions)
joshuahardy95 4 months ago
Why can't u use windows to make this?
simplewesomeness 5 months ago
I'm a total newbie at this to the point that honestly I have no freaking idea how to do what i want to do. So my question, is there any sort of books besides the LFS book that you would recomend for someone who is at a low level of programing experience before ever attempting to use LFS. I within the last year started using Linux and I have tried several different distros just no one of them is exactly what I want yet I have very little knowledge of programming in order to achieve my desire.
KnightNinjaX 5 months ago
@KnightNinjaX No worries, despite what they may say, LFS is suited for those of all experience levels. Unfortunately, apart from personal questions to LFS users themselves, it will be tough to match the quality of the official guide. If you have any problems however, feel free to contact me at any time and I'll do my best to walk you through a certain step of the process!
itsbrad212 5 months ago
I made the ext3 partition but didn't make a partition table so I got all kinds of errors. I just switched to GParted and did it that way. I had to create /mnt/lfs first before using the export command it's a bit confusing since /mnt/lfs doesn't exist yet, at least on my system it doesn't create it at the same time I am using export. Maybe it's just the way or the distro I am using Crunchbang 10 acting as a LiveCD in a Virtualbox VM with a 20GB virtual hard drive.
dhughes1969 7 months ago
Why do you use ext3 rather than ext4?
Deliciousfruit233 10 months ago
What's your host distro
applefanpc 11 months ago
@applefanpc My host distro is Arch Linux (also, the WM is xmonad. It's kind of hard to tell because I have all of the windows open full-screen).
itsbrad212 11 months ago
@itsbrad212 arch ftw
ssijak 6 months ago
@constantinakos Hmm. Depends on what you mean by "bash command thingy". :-) Can you elaborate?
itsbrad212 1 year ago
Yeah! it's so exciting! I've built bLFS since LFS-6.3. I just built my 6.7 and now I'm building my BLFS! woohoo!!! ...indeed I'm using LFS with E17... better I stop or I'm gonna get wet.
er0d1975 1 year ago
@er0d1975 Thanks for a good laugh. ;-) Now go change your pants.
itsbrad212 1 year ago
hey brad, tutorial part 3 soon?
TheLeonbriggs 1 year ago
@TheLeonbriggs Hey, yeah, I'm planning on making some more quite soon. :-) I've just been quite busy with school lately, but I should be able to find time.
itsbrad212 1 year ago
hahaha exciting you actually sound excited lol
hbkfan25 1 year ago