lfs is a success, well alsmost!

blackcat · 09-04-2002, 09:31 AM

I switched the base distro to redhat 7.3 and the installation of the base lfs system was successful. I was able to boot it through the base's lilo. There was one error but I was able to fix it. The error is when I install glibc the first time, it mentioned something about the "dvips" which fortunately after I downloaded the tetex-devips and installed it, it worked.

One thing still doesn't work. The ping failed. It should be easy to fix if I know the file to write the nameservers of my dsl provider?

And I can't wait to start with the next step.

Another question is, is there a way to make an image of the base system of lfs instead of going through all the long long ( and suspenseful ) procedure again?

acid_kewpie · 09-04-2002, 09:40 AM

you can presumably use dd to make an image, assuming you have faith in that base system. check the manpage.

nameservers are normaly written in /etc/resolv.conf, but if you're on dsl then your ISP's connectino data should normally overwrite the data with it's one servers anyway.

blackcat · 09-04-2002, 10:06 AM

The problem is cat /etc/resolv.conf gave so such file or directory. Does it mean that the file isn't there or I made some errors in the installation?

acid_kewpie · 09-04-2002, 10:14 AM

well i've never even touched lfs, so it may well be an lfs issue, but try just creating the file. i would also guess that your interface is not being bought up correctly. is it definitely up? if the isp was going to provide you with it's ns list then i don't think it would think twice about creating a non-existant file, but it *might* need to already exist. try "touch"ing it anyway... can't hurt.

blackcat · 09-04-2002, 10:30 AM

1. I mounted lfs from the base distro and I found the /etc/resolv.conf

2. during the boot, it said" mounting file system as read only", what does it mean? something wrong?

3. How do I do the "touch lfs" from the base distro?

acid_kewpie · 09-04-2002, 10:37 AM

1. uh huh

2. not as long as it says it's remounting them read-write later on. (check their state with "mount")

3. nah, that's not what i meant, forget that bit.

blackcat · 09-04-2002, 11:00 AM

The problem is after I ran the touch $LFS/etc/lfs-3.3, the file /etc/resov.conf disappeared from the base distro?

>if you're on dsl then your ISP's connectino data should normally overwrite the data with it's one servers anyway.

no. I use linksys router and the isp only deals with the router, not the individual computers within the network. I have to set the resov.conf myself.

blackcat · 09-04-2002, 11:41 AM

Well. I created a new file /etc/resolv.conf and wrote the dsl nameservers and voila, the ping worked like magic.

But, dear me. When I was in the base distro, I did a terrible misktake: I wipe out the whole /usr/src directory of the $LFS. The lfs system still boot but no source.

Well. I just copied all those source files from another driectory to src.