Im doing chapter 5 now but Im not sure if I installed the kernel properly.


I wrote a script exactly like the commands in the book, ie





#!/bin/sh


make mrpoper &&


yes "" | make config &&


blah blah blah





I made it executable & I have it in /$LFS/usr/src/linux
& I've been installing this

way the whole time cos I think it's easier to use VI for

long commands, anyway It compiles for about 2 mins & then

bombs out
saying make is exiting cos it cant find such & such a


directory.


Can anyone tell me if there is a way I can tell


it installed properly ??
or do I just have to carry on & hope

everything's OK.

Cheer's

Can you give us the exact error message?

You may also want to try http://search.linuxfromscratch.org to search through the mailing list archives.

Thanks for the quick reply
I wish I could give you an exact error message (cant copy & paste YET)
I'll search through that link you gave me & let you know how I get on.
Cheer's

Here's what I get when the compile fails:
This is the output from the 2nd time I tried to compile it
after I rebooted & ran make clean.

make[2]: Entering directory `/mnt/lfs/usr/src/linux/arch/i386/lib'
/mnt/lfs/usr/src/linux/scripts/mkdep -D__KERNEL__ -I/mnt/lfs/usr/src/linux/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i686 -- checksum.S dec_and_lock.c delay.c getuser.S iodebug.c memcpy.c mmx.c old-checksum.c strstr.c usercopy.c > .depend
make[2]: Leaving directory `/mnt/lfs/usr/src/linux/arch/i386/lib'
make[1]: Leaving directory `/mnt/lfs/usr/src/linux'
make update-modverfile
make[1]: Entering directory `/mnt/lfs/usr/src/linux'
/mnt/lfs/usr/src/linux/include/linux/modversions.h was updated
make[1]: Leaving directory `/mnt/lfs/usr/src/linux'
mkdir: cannot create directory `/usr/include/asm': File exists
mkdir: `COPYING' exists but is not a directory
mkdir: `CREDITS' exists but is not a directory
mkdir: cannot create directory `Documentation': File exists
mkdir: `MAINTAINERS' exists but is not a directory
mkdir: `Makefile' exists but is not a directory
mkdir: `README' exists but is not a directory
mkdir: `REPORTING-BUGS' exists but is not a directory
mkdir: `Rules.make' exists but is not a directory
mkdir: `amp_setup_script' exists but is not a directory
mkdir: cannot create directory `arch': File exists
mkdir: cannot create directory `drivers': File exists
mkdir: cannot create directory `fs': File exists
mkdir: cannot create directory `include': File exists
mkdir: cannot create directory `init': File exists
mkdir: cannot create directory `ipc': File exists
mkdir: cannot create directory `kernel': File exists
mkdir: cannot create directory `lib': File exists
mkdir: cannot create directory `mm': File exists
mkdir: cannot create directory `net': File exists
mkdir: cannot create directory `scripts': File exists
cp: cannot create regular file `/usr/include/asm/a.out.h': Permission denied
cp: cannot create regular file `/usr/include/asm/apic.h': Permission denied
---------------------------
and loads more of the same
Any idea's anyone.
Cheer's

Looks like you might have unpacked the linux-x.y.z.tar.bz2 file as a different user. Whoever you try to run 'make clean' as (should be user 'lfs') has no access to do anything.

Cheer's LFS, I installed it as lsf user but I then rebooted, started X & went in to an xterm window as lfs & ran make clean from there (It was the only way I could think of copying & pasting)
so I think there could have been 1 or 2 things I forgot to do after rebooting.
The original error I got was different to what I posted.
I'm in work now on a win machine so I'll try it again later & try post the original error.
Thanks again

I got it

It was failing when it tried to create the $LFS/usr/include/asm directory cos it already existed, so I just skipped that command & it installed.

Now I'm getting an error installing mawk

First of all, stop using mawk. Use gawk. See the latest LFS book (use CVS).

Secondly, just a note "now I'm getting an error" really doesn't mean an iota to us We need more information at the least the exact error messages you are getting.

Hmmm, I wasnt using CVS, I think I'll start again, or start from scratch as they say

Nothing is more annoying than people saying they got an error & not posting it, I didnt post the error cos I wanted to try figure it out myself.
Thanks again lfs