hi.i just finished the lfs ebook and built my system.
i want to start reading blfs.the last version is "Revision 2011-11-09 2011-11-09 Ongoing Release" and i studied lfs 7.0.
is this right version for me to study?

Currant version http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/svn/ 2011-11-15

Hi (again ),

A word of advise: The BLFS isn't set up the same as the LFS book. The LFS book is straight-forward: You start at page one and work all the way to the end. BLFS doesn't work that way!

You need to do chapters 1, 2 and 3 in the order they are presented. After that you decide what you want/need to install. Dependencies are mentioned when needed (you do need to install the required and Recommended dependencies).

Also: Install GMP and Lynx after you've done the first three chapters, that way you have a mouse and a (text)browser, which makes your building life a lot easier.

Happy building!

Can we all get a beer now

Good idea

one questions.in blfs i should boot with my host an chroot to lfs or i just can boot with my new lfs machine?
installing the programs is the same as lfs, right?

I do enjoy reading/following these posts

Hi,
From now on you should use LFS and not the host/chrooted environment method to build stuff.

Hope this helps.

in the "Chapter 3:The Bash Shell Startup Files" section, should i create all files and folders?
how am i suppose to create them? because there's no GUI and i can't copy the commands!!!

anybody?

Hi,
Yes you do.

Seriously?

- Use vi and start typing,
- Install GPM + Lynx and start copy/pasting,
- Use chrooted environment, start copy/pasting.

tanx
can i do the whole blfs with this approach?

I asked the same Question druuna sugested building from the lfs system is best

I asked the same Question drunna advised it was best to build from lfs system

but it's very time consuming process to type each and every command!!!