Linux From Scratch Tutorial Part 2

In this part, we make sure our host system meets the requirements, create a filesystem on our LFS partition and mount it, grab all of our packages an patches from the server, and other miscellaneous things.

Linux From Scratch website:
http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/

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[tcu2b]

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.

[itsbrad212]

@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.

[KnightNinjaX]

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.

[itsbrad212]

@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!

[applefanpc]

What's your host distro

[itsbrad212]

@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).

[TheRexrolins]

It is pronounced eye node, thx for the great vids.

[karatekai01]

is tty terminal?

[ShadowEater120880]

Why use this rather than Gentoo?

[TheShowThatSUX]

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.

[tcu2b]

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]

@itsbrad212 Thank you very much for answering. I am on to your next video! :-)

[itsbrad212]

@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."