I was so excited! I installed the debian syatem but when I tried to mount the LFS partition it said "mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sda9, missing codepage or helper program, or other error In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try dmesg | tail or so" then as I was trying to investigate the LFS partitions cfdisk wouldn't even start and fdisk kept saying "Warning: invalid flag 0x0000 of partition table 4 will be corrected by w(rite)" Writing didn't correct the problem so instead of bugging you I figured that this might have something to do with the fact that I set the LFS partitions up when I installed debian. So I reinstalled debian w/o setting up the LFS partitions and now now cfdisk starts and I set the partitions up. But it won't let me create the file system. this is what happens: root@debian:~# mkfs -v -t ext4 /dev/sda6 mke2fs 1.42.5 (29-Jul-2012) Could not stat /dev/sda6 --- No such file or directory The device apparently does not exist; did you specify it correctly? root@debian:~# fdisk /dev/sda Command (m for help): p Disk /dev/sda: 250.0 GB, 250000000000 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30394 cylinders, total 488281250 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x0007bc26 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 2048 7813119 3905536 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/sda2 7815166 488281249 240233042 5 Extended /dev/sda5 * 7815168 105469951 48827392 83 Linux /dev/sda6 437499848 476569864 19535008+ 83 Linux /dev/sda7 476569928 488281249 5855661 82 Linux swap / Solaris as you can see the device does exist. sda1 is swap for the debian system which is in sda5. sda6 is going to be the LFS system and sda7 is going to be the swap for LFS when I get done. Please, what did I do wrong or else what is the problem? :-)~MIKE~(-: On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 6:11 AM, Michael Havens wrote: > well..... I just realized that there must be a reason that the glibc line > was commented out in the LFS book so I'm not going to worry about it. > regarding your line I did enter it and it returned nothing. then I re-read > the the text concerning that and it finally dawned on me..... I want all of > them or none of them and if I only had 1 or two of them it is okay to > delete the ones that are there. I get there.... even if it does take me a > little longer. I wish this wasn't the case but at least I can blame the > head injury for the difficulties. I'll start working on it when I get home > from work tonight. > > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > > On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 5:27 AM, wrote: > >> Michael, have you even looked at what is in line 32 of your >> version-check.sh? >> Among other things, because 'glibc' is more than a program (it is more >> like the whole engine running under the hood), and your system would not >> even boot up is you don't have 'glibc' (which is a whole lot system) >> You'll learn that as you read LFS. >> Did you ever try: >> find /lib/ /*/lib/ -name lib${X}.la >> ET >> >> Michael Havens writes: >> >>> well, I didn't have a problem getting these files with a standard >>> installation of debian; it was only after I tried with a net install of >>> debia. So right now I'm downloading a current dvd iso of debian and after >>> the install I'll see if that helps. >>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>> >>> On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 12:49 PM, Michael Havens >>> wrote: >>> >>>> well I installed gmp the way it instructed and then I did a search for >>>> mpfr on the same website and installed it as well, but couldn't find >>>> gibc >>>> or mpc. I was going to do a search for the missing files but figured I >>>> would run version-check first to ensure I wasn't just spinning my >>>> wheels. >>>> It appears the two files were not installed correctly enough for LInux >>>> from >>>> Scratch. >>>> gmp >>>> >>>> ~$ bash version-check.sh >>>> ---truncate--- >>>> version-check.sh: line 32: glibc: command not found >>>> g++ compilation OK >>>> libgmp.la: found >>>> libmpfr.la: found >>>> libmpc.la: not found >>>> >>>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>>> >>>> On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 11:25 AM, Stephen Partington < >>>> cryptworks@gmail.com >>>> > wrote: >>>> >>>>> this is what it is after: >>>>> GNU Multiple Precision Arithmetic Library >>>>> The GNU Multiple Precision Arithmetic Library is a free library for >>>>> arbitrary-precision arithmetic, operating on signed integers, rational >>>>> numbers, and floating point numbers. >>>>> http://petio.org/tools/gmp.html has some nice refrence material as >>>>> well. >>>>> *Snip* >>>>> -- >>>>> A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from >>>>> rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. >>>>> Stephen >>>>> >>>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > >