Linux from scratch - how much hassle?

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IS it worth attempting? I have Arch pretty well nailed for what I want, but is LFS worth the hassle?

Anyone got a beginner install guide?

How much effort/ how much more difficult is it compared to following the arch beginners guide on the wiki?

ta kindly
 
marscay said:
call me a skeptic but on a decent spec'd box i think you'd have a hard time noticing the difference between a Arch install and LFS/Gentoo.

do LFS for that elitist feeling :p
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hehe i cant tell any speed difference between ubuntu/arch tbh. I have a Q6600 @ 3.33 & 4gb ram. I just like arch as i understand whats going on underneath more then i did with ubuntu, the big plus i don't have to worry about upgrading like ubuntu every 6 months.
 
hhmmm just downloaded the gentoo live cd, its quite old!! I had a server x failed to start error. Sort of fixed it with /etc/X11/xorg.conf & changed nv to vesa. Just dumped me to xterm.

I think the knoppix live cd method might be the easiest in the end, I'm assuming this method will download all the latest kernels etc? So my 9800GTX+ & Xonar D2 will work??
 
pingwing said:
Id stick with the gentoo live cd (provided your doing a net install and are compiling your own kernel) as the cd is only there to give you access to the net and get all the latest bits (aka newist kernel off portage). :)

Plus what do you need X for?? You get links with the gentoo cd which is more than enough to read the manual on a different terminal on :D
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so get the minimal cd and run that, follow handbook = similiar process to arch?

Am I biting off more than I can chew? Kernel fiddling scares me!! hehe
 
The Gentoo Minimal Installation CD, a small, no-nonsense, bootable CD which sole purpose is to boot the system, prepare the networking and continue with the Gentoo installation.

ah so looks like i need this, i.e. like the arch way......???
 
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