Start getting patches

Done /w patches

export LFS=/mnt/lfs
use this to set the LFS environment variable

Create the $LFS/tools directory
mkdir $LFS/tools
ln -s $LFS/tools /

add the lfs user
before adding the user I transfered all the sources over from the win box so the chown would affect them

Bing!

Done dl files
I dl them on win box and am going to use winSCP to transfer them to the LFS system
Now I need patches
going to MCs for Chesters last day

Chapter 3

Intro - followed directions
Start downloading reqs' into $LFS/sources
Vim 6.2 requested I want 6.3

Back up now atempting file system creation again

Yay it worked
I'm skipping formatting swap cause it's already there

Mounting new partition
followed direction to a T and all worked

Went back and did all the fdisk stuff again this time saved the table before quit ('w' command writes and exits)

OK now

mke2fs /dev/hda3
same error again I'm gunna reboot to fix

Chapter 1 is all intro crap I read it and now I'm proceeding to Chapter 2

Creating a new Partition
fdisk /dev/hda
swap partition => /dev/hda2
fdisk commands run:
n => new partition
p => primary partition
Partition #3 to avoid partitions 1 and 2 already made
using default first cylinder 327
using default last cyl 1582
Done
New LFS partition => /dev/hda3

Creating a file system
I went with ext2 to start. I plan on upgrading it to ext3 later after the kernel is all setup.
mke2fs /dev/hda3
I got an error about device size being 0. It says reboot or re-load the partition table.

HA HA I didn't save the partition table

LFS ver 5.1.1

DashPC requirements

• XFree 86 4.0
  
• GTK+ 1.2.6
  
• Glib 1.2.6
  
• Gdk-pixbuf ?
  
• dot.conf 1.0.9
  

X.org will be used in place of XFree86 which should not be a problem

GTK+ 2.4.3 is the current version and will most likely be used instead

Glib 2.4.2 is current

Gdk-pixbuf is apparently included with the GTK+ and Glibc crap

dot.conf 1.0.13 is current and appears compatible

LFS - Journal Vol I

This is my LFS system Journal Vol I.
I intend to document my install and other modifications made to the system.

I have started with a slimed down RedHat 8 install leaving about 10gigs of space un-partitioned.

LFS ver. => 5.1.1

The intention of this system is to install and possibly code for the DashPC project and so I will attempt to alter the LFS system to accommodate the dependencies of the DashPC system.

LFS

I am starting to put together a LFS linux system. I am using a paper notebook to document my progress but I plan on posting my journal here as well. The ultimate goal of this system is to be used for a DashPC setup.

DashPC

PS - The date and time of this post have been changed to before the first of my journal entries.