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can i use gentoo's kernel to get the initial install up, use slax for support, and still boot windows for games all while/to perform a LFS installation? is there another better way?
ok, and if i use gentoo then do i have to do chapter 5 (building a temporary system to work in) since i will be able to use gentoo's kernel and then chroot in when i need to?
also, what's htis linux live all about? what does it do and what advantages does it have?
Last edited by American Psycho; 04-13-2004 at 11:50 PM.
Yes, everyone is supposed to go through the whole book. Chapter 5 builds a system from which to build your LFS system. While you could just build Chapter 6 out of Gentoo, this could cause problems with programs linking to parts of the host system that won't be there when you reboot into LFS, so to be sure everything will work you should go through Chapter 5.
And yes, you can work in chroot and keep doing other stuff the whole time.
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