user mode linux

saritha · 01-01-2008, 10:39 PM

i am using fedora5,now i want to do linux from scratch,my system had only one partition tht is already fc5,so how can i do linux from scratch.
can i use user mode linux to install tht linux from scratch,if so how to do tht can u suggest me.

sim_astro · 01-01-2008, 10:48 PM

If u do not want to remove Fedora, then

u can either use bochs or vmware, and try any flavour of linux without risk ur exiting system.

saritha · 01-01-2008, 11:56 PM

what are bochs or vmware, can u help me how to install tht bochs or vmware ,after tht can i install linux from scratch,i dont have much knowlege abt this,i want to now how to do it

AceofSpades19 · 01-02-2008, 12:22 AM

You can resize your fc5 partition with gparted, or any other partitioning program
bochs or vmware are virtual machines, you run a linux distro inside a vm, which wouldn't realy work with LFS because you need an existing system to compile it, or the LFS livecd, which you would need tons of resources to make a LFS system in a vm. Can I ask you why you are running FC5 when fedora 8 is out?

saritha · 01-02-2008, 10:59 PM

if i use Xen ,so tht i can do linux from scratch,is it possible,becoz i had already had fedora 5,if tht is possible can u tell me the steps to install xen.
thanks

AwesomeMachine · 01-02-2008, 11:43 PM

You can use VirtualBox to create a virtual machine. It's nearly as good as VMware Workstation, but it's free for private non-commercial use.

AceofSpades19 · 01-02-2008, 11:58 PM

Why don't you just resize your fedora core 5 partition?