Linux from Scratch

[DevaVictrix]

Sorry... this has nothing to do with Steam ;-/

Does anyone know if its possible to install LFS using Gnome Boxes?

I'm being lazy and don't want to open up my box to add a new drive and cables so wonder if its possible to create a space using Boxes to start compiling packages onto.

Thanks

[engie❤cat]

i don't see why not. alternatively, you can use gparted to reduce the size of some existing disk partition and use the freed space to make a new partition for lfs

[Trisimiton]

Yes you can, but also you can install it on a partition using your existing system. By the way you will need to do a bit more before you can game of a LFS installation. Have fun.

[Der tüddelige Fußgänger]

Ok now that this thread exists.
What even is Linux from scratch? Do you build your own distro? Is it some distro like Gentoo where you do almost everything yourself?

[Zyro]

Originally posted by The Nintendo guy:

Ok now that this thread exists.
What even is Linux from scratch? Do you build your own distro? Is it some distro like Gentoo where you do almost everything yourself?

Well, not hard to find out with your favourite serach engine, but here you go:
It's a Linux system build from (nearly) zero. (Very unlike Gentoo.)
https://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/

[engie❤cat]

Originally posted by The Nintendo guy:

Ok now that this thread exists.
What even is Linux from scratch? Do you build your own distro? Is it some distro like Gentoo where you do almost everything yourself?

it's a gentoo on steroids. you start from zero (well, technically, you need a working linux system to bootstrap the process first), and download, configure, compile and install every package manually. great for learning what your system consists of, and a nightmare to keep updated after you built it. really teaches you to appreciate package managers, and how brilliant gentoo is for what it's doing.