ideal distro to build LFS 7.5

Roy_SRC · 07-15-2014, 05:57 AM

hey there i was thinking of building my first LFS system but i can't seem to figure out which distro to use.. because most distros are either out of date or are too fresh.. however i did try out a few distros but most of them don't seem to meet the host system requirements as stated here. could anyone please suggest me a distro thanks in advance..

weibullguy · 07-15-2014, 07:29 AM

I've used Slackware, Gentoo, Debian, Arch, Fedora, Scientific, LFS, and CLFS as the host when building (C)LFS systems. The last time I built LFS was using a Slackware-14.0 host. From what I've seen and heard, the *buntus are more problem than they're worth, so I would avoid them as a LFS host. However, most any distro will do as long as it meets the minimum requirements on the page you've linked to.

kooru · 07-16-2014, 01:09 AM

I've never had problems using Slackware.

Roy_SRC · 07-16-2014, 08:53 AM

okay.. i just got slackware 14.0.. now how do i start the GUI..

weibullguy · 07-16-2014, 08:59 AM

You don't need a GUI to build LFS. If you want one, start here http://docs.slackware.com/slackware:...op_environment

Roy_SRC · 07-16-2014, 09:37 AM

i was thinking of starting the GUI from the live DVD.. can i do that or i have to install it first..

Habitual · 07-16-2014, 11:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Roy_SRC

i was thinking of starting the GUI from the live DVD.. can i do that or i have to install it first..

Slackware doesn't have a "Live DVD". It needs to be installed.
What have you downloaded and from where?

Roy_SRC · 07-16-2014, 08:02 PM

actually i was looking for a LiveCD or DVD to build LFS from.. much like the LiveCD LFS provides but it doesn't work for LFS 7.5

brianL · 07-17-2014, 03:58 AM

Salix used to have a live version that would have been ideal, but not now. You could install that if you don't want a "full" Slackware.

EDIT
The live Salix 13.37 release is still available here:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/salix/files/13.37/

That should be OK.

Roy_SRC · 07-17-2014, 09:51 AM

how do i login as root in salix 13.32.. i know the username is root and the password is live but when i enter that it says "the system administrator is not allowed to login from this screen"